Commodity perps: gold and oil without a futures account

Gold is the oldest macro trade there is, and the usual ways in are ETFs inside a brokerage or futures behind a margin agreement. A commodity perpetual gives the same directional exposure from a crypto wallet. As of August 2026 the catalog covers seven markets: gold, silver, platinum, palladium, copper, WTI and Brent crude.

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The catalog

Coverage concentrates on the metals and energy benchmarks that anchor macro trading.

  • Precious metals: XAU (gold), XAG (silver), XPT (platinum), XPD (palladium)
  • Energy: CL (WTI crude), BRENT (Brent crude)
  • Industrial: HG (copper)

Perp versus ETF versus future

A gold ETF needs a brokerage and takes management fees; a COMEX future needs a futures account and rolls every contract month. The perp has neither expiry nor account: USDC margin, funding rate, long or short in one tap. What you give up is physical delivery, which most directional traders never wanted.

Commodity hours

Metals and energy trade nearly around the clock on weekdays with short daily maintenance breaks, and close on weekends. Unlike crypto, these markets keep exchange hours. The app shows a closed state outside them and blocks new orders until the market reopens, so a ticket never dies on-chain against a closed book.

Gold next to Bitcoin

The gold-versus-Bitcoin debate is a position you can actually put on here: both trade from the same wallet, same margin currency, same ticket. Filter the list to Commodities for one side and Crypto for the other.

Questions

Am I buying real gold or oil?
No. A commodity perp is a derivative on the oracle price. There is no storage, no delivery and no roll; funding keeps the perp tracking spot. It is price exposure, not the physical.
When are commodity perps closed?
Weekends, plus short daily maintenance windows and exchange holidays inherited from the reference markets. The app shows the closed state and blocks new orders until the market reopens.
Can I short oil?
Yes. Long and short are symmetric on a perp: same ticket and margin either way, with no borrow to arrange. WTI and Brent are both listed, so you can also trade the spread between them.
How does leverage work on these?
The same as any perp: USDC margin times leverage equals position size, and liquidation triggers if margin runs out. Commodities gap on macro news just like crypto does, so treat leverage with the same respect.

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