Judging from the classification of the market, the current futures market is mainly composed of financial futures and commodity futures. Among them, stock index futures is the only financial futures product in China. Therefore, we should look at the entry threshold of commodity futures and stock index futures respectively.
In fact, the entry threshold of commodity futures market is not high. For radical investors, 2400 yuan can enter the market.
Among them, strong wheat and corn have the lowest margin threshold. At present, the price of corn and strong wheat is about 2400 yuan/ton, and each trading unit 10 ton. The benchmark margin ratio stipulated by the exchange is 5% and 6%, and the reference margin of futures companies is 8% and 10%, that is, the margin to be paid for each transaction is not higher than 2400 yuan. Therefore, for stable investors with positions ranging from 20% to 30%, the minimum trading threshold for them to enter the futures market is about 8,000 yuan ~ 1.2 million yuan; For some radical investors whose positions are 50%~ 100%, the entry threshold is 2400 ~4800 yuan. In addition, among the more active varieties of 1 1, there are 8 futures varieties that need insufficient funds12,000 yuan, and the required funds from high to low are: silver, natural rubber, cotton, soybean oil, sugar, soybean, rebar and soybean meal.
Still based on the above positions, for radical investors, the funds needed to participate in most transactions are 12000 ~24000 yuan. Steady investors, the entry threshold is 40,000 ~ 60,000 yuan. Novices who don't understand can go to the ranger stock market to simulate futures, practice more and learn more, and then enter the market for actual combat after accumulating certain experience, so as to reduce the probability of losses after entering the market.
The threshold of stock index futures mainly has the following requirements:
1. When applying for opening an account, the balance of available funds in the margin account shall not be less than RMB 500,000;
2. Have basic knowledge of stock index futures and pass relevant tests;
3. Having more than 20 simulated trading records of stock index futures with a total of 10 trading days, or having more than 10 trading records of commodity futures in the last three years;
4. There is no serious bad credit record; There are no laws, administrative regulations, rules and business rules of the exchange to prohibit or restrict the trading of stock index futures.
However, it must be reminded that since futures trading is leveraged trading, if you are an investor who has just entered the market, you should not take too high a position in the trading process to avoid the risk of short positions in extreme market conditions.