Trade crude oil and natural gas.
WTI and Brent crude, plus natural gas: some of the most actively traded and news-driven markets in the world, as CFDs on MetaTrader 5.
- WTI and Brent crude
- Natural gas
- Long or short
Oil and gas, live.
Live streaming prices for our crude oil and natural gas CFDs.
Live prices from our MT5 trading servers. Spreads and conditions may vary.
Energy markets, simplified.
Trade the benchmarks that move the global economy, without futures accounts.
WTI and Brent
The two global crude benchmarks, side by side, so you can also trade the spread between them.
Natural gas
A highly seasonal, weather-driven market with frequent opportunities.
Automatic rollover
Positions are rolled to the next futures contract before expiry, with a transparent adjustment.
Event-driven
Weekly inventory reports and OPEC+ decisions are all in the MT5 economic calendar.
Small position sizes
A 0.01 lot of WTI is just 10 barrels, so you can start small.
Long or short
Take a view on rising or falling energy prices.
Energy contract specifications.
Key trading conditions for our most popular instruments. The full list is available in MetaTrader 5.
| Symbol | Min lot | Contract size | Spread from | Margin | Swap long | Swap short | Trading hours (GMT) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WTIUS Crude Oil (West Texas Intermediate) | 0.01 | 1,000 barrels | 0.03 | 5% | −8.5 | +2.1 | Sun 23:00 – Fri 21:59 |
BRENTBrent Crude Oil | 0.01 | 1,000 barrels | 0.03 | 5% | −7.9 | +1.6 | Mon 01:00 – Fri 21:59 |
NGASUS Natural Gas (Henry Hub) | 0.01 | 10,000 MMBtu | 0.005 | 10% | −4.2 | +0.8 | Sun 23:00 – Fri 21:59 |
Indicative, see platform for live specifications. Spreads in USD. Swaps in points per lot per night. Daily break 22:00–23:00 GMT. Energy CFDs are based on the front-month futures contract and roll automatically before expiry. Margin depends on your jurisdiction and account type, with leverage up to 1:[X]. Swap-free available on the Swap-free account.
How energy trading works.
Oil is quoted in US dollars per barrel and natural gas in dollars per million British thermal units (MMBtu). Buy if you expect the price to rise, sell if you expect it to fall.
Our energy CFDs follow the most active futures contract. Before it expires, your position rolls to the next contract and a price-difference adjustment is applied, so you don’t need to manage expiries yourself.
- Barrel
- The standard unit for crude oil, about 159 litres.
- OPEC+
- The group of oil-producing nations whose output decisions move prices.
- Inventories
- Weekly US stockpile data, released by the EIA every Wednesday.
- Rollover
- Moving a position to the next futures month before expiry.
Worked example
WTIIllustrative only, using hypothetical prices. Excludes spread, commission and overnight swap. Leverage magnifies losses as well as gains, and losses can exceed the margin shown.
Energy trading questions.
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WTI is US crude delivered at Cushing, Oklahoma; Brent is North Sea crude and the main international benchmark. They usually trade a few dollars apart.
Supply decisions by OPEC+, weekly US inventory data, global growth expectations, the US dollar and geopolitical events in producing regions.
No action is needed from you. Positions roll automatically to the next futures contract before expiry, with an adjustment for the price difference between contracts.
WTI and natural gas trade from Sunday 23:00 to Friday 21:59 GMT, and Brent from Monday 01:00, each with a daily break from 22:00 to 23:00 GMT.
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