Brent Crude Oil is the trading classification for sweet light crude oil, which made up of a variety of crude blends drawn from the North Sea. It is the leading global price standard in Oil, and is used to price roughly ⅔ of global crude oil market. Named by the Shell UK Oil Company after the local Brent Goose, it is an acronym for the formative layers of an oil field: Broom, Rannoch, Etieve, Ness and Tarbat. Most Oil production that comes from Europe, Africa and the Middle East and flows Westwards is priced in relation to Brent Crude. It should be noted that major blocs of Europe now import Oil supplies from Russia.

Since 2005 Crude Oil has been traded on the electronic Intercontinental Exchange, known as ICE. One contract is equal to 100 barrels and is quoted in U.S. Dollars. In the world of Forex, Crude oil is traded as a CFD using the same quantities relative to "barrels" with USD as a base currency( 1 Lot = 100 Barrels). Because of global demand, Crude Oil is seen as an extremely sensitive and volatile commodity that can jump dramatically in response to heightened political and economic circumstances. A clear example, would be the recent civil war in Libya which caused Oil prices to jump sharply from $85 to roughly $115 a barrel over a very short period of time. P-Global Markets realizes how important having optimal Crude Oil trading conditions can be to the individual trader, and offers Crude Oil trading in G.B.P. as well as traditional U.S. Dollar pricing (shown as UKOIL and USOIL respectively).

• InstrumentSpreadMin. lotMax. lotTrading hours (GMT)
• USOIL0.5 pips0.011000Sun 23.00 - Fri 21.45
• UKOIL0.5 pips0.011000Mon 01.00 - Fri 21.45

• Contract MonthExpirationUS OILUK OILNGAS
• December201418-Nov12-Nov24-Nov
• January201517-Dec15-Dec23-Dec
• February201515-Jan14-Jan27-Jan
• March201518-Feb11-Feb24-Feb
• April201518-Mar13-Mar26-Mar
• May201514-Apr14-Apr27-Apr
• June201515-may13-May26-May
• July201518-Jun12-Jun25-Jun
• August201517-Jul15-Jul28-Jul
• September201518-Aug13-Aug26-Aug
• October201518-Sep14-Sep25-Sep
• November201516-Oct14-Oct27-Oct
• December201518-Nov12-Nov24-Nov

• Trading Crude Oil with P-Global Markets

  P-Global Markets recognizes how important trading Oil is to any investor who takes the market seriously. As a result P-Global Markets understands how important it is to provide the trader with the best possible market conditions.

  • Fast Execution & Tightest Spreads Available.
  • Trading Crude Oil via Multiple Platforms ( MT4, Mobile).
  • Balanced Leverage and Exposure , 1:10 , 10% of transaction value.
  • Variable STP spread

• Additional information regarding Crude Oil

  At P-Global Markets rollovers are dealt with on a "spot" basis only. Meaning that all positions are settled two business days from inception, as per market rules. P-Global Markets will not facilitate actual physical delivery of either precious metals/currency.