[iRake]

Hope this is the right place to post. Beginner in this commodities malarky!

I'm looking for a way to trade in commodities in Hong Kong. Is this possible? Or do I have to, say, setup an account at etrade and trade in ETFs?

I want to buy stuff like silver, wheat, oil, cotton etc.

Hope someone can help.

[mengfei]

hmmmmm i like to learn about that too

[freeier]

u have to do it via futures.
the only etf like commodity product that is non leverage is the abn amro zero certs and they only have silver and wheat and gold. not on cotton.

[dhart001]

You can use shkonline.com for stock options, HK index options and futures on HSI index. For commodities you can use interactivebrokers.com

Cheers!
Dave

[iRake]

thanks for your help!

[BenderLives]

just out of curiosity...what is the benefit for trading commodities over normal stocks or mutual funds?

[iRake]

none that i know of, I was just curious =).

[freeier]

stocks and mutual fund can go bankrupt and u dun get back anything.

try to see if oil will go back down to zero value...

[looking@HK]

Originally Posted by freeier

stocks and mutual fund can go bankrupt and u dun get back anything.

try to see if oil will go back down to zero value...

That was a good one

[tylney]

as mentioned in the other thread Lyxor offer a number of ETF's available on the Hang Seng including a Commodities tracker. If you have an HSBC bank account you can buy and sell these online.