Yes, you can place Commodities within your Self-Directed IRA and provide qualified account owners with access to markets and asset classes not traditionally traded, such as: energy markets (crude oil), interest rates (bonds), metals (gold and silver), agriculture (soybeans and corn), equities (E-mini S&P 500), and foreign currency (euro, yen, pound). Trading these products can help diversify a portfolio and give an investor certain advantages.