Can you please add the ticker ICOM (iShares Diversified Commodity Swap UCITS ETF)?
There is no commodities ETF in the platform at all and I think it would be beneficial for most of us in order to create a well diversified long-term portfolio.
Alsoā¦ really really thin volumes in CRBLā¦ Freetrade unlikely to want to add it due to their liquidity criteria
ICOM youāre best (though unlikely) bet maybe. Thin volumes but at least there is evidence of automated (RSP) trades executingā¦ so there is some liquidity and it is possible to execute without manually (phone) trading.
I can see automatic trades going through from my old company and they only ever use Winterfloods via the Winner Trader APIā¦ so we can safely assume Winterfloods are happy to take auto tradesā¦and that Freetrade could use that same avenue for the 4pm batchā¦ so Iād suggest ICOM is possible to add to the universeā¦ though how many other people want to trade it is debatable.
Thanks for coming back to me and for your explanation.
Having a small part of your portfolio into commodities would allow you to have a proper diversification and will allow you to reduce the overall draw down.
I have personally run several back-testing portfolios over the long period and having an exposure of 7.5% of the overall portfolio into commodities allowed me to reduce the Max DD to -4.3% (with an average of 10% per year return) in the last 70 years. So I think it is a crucial part of my personal portfolio (and it should be part of everyone else portfolio) because it allow you to reduce drastically your total DD.
Of course there is no āone fit for allā solution but for the ones like myself that want to have a solid portfolio with a 360 degrees exposure, commodities is a must have.
And if I can get if through FT, this is a blessing for me
Itās helpful to think about the soft commodities side if things. Iāve had $LLY and $JNJ since the start of my investing in November but no food stuffs.