However, you need margin when you do futures, that is to say, you don't need money when you do futures accounts, but when you do futures trading, you need margin to ensure smooth trading and safe funds. Take gold futures for example. At present, the gold trading unit is 1 1,000 g/lot. If the gold price is 255 yuan/gram, based on the margin collected by the futures company, investors need at least 20,000 yuan to trade 1 hand of gold, and the proportion of regular positions is 1/3, which means that to start a gold futures, there must be at least 6-7 hands. Moreover, different varieties require different minimum deposits, such as corn and strong wheat. For example, corn futures are 2400 yuan per ton, so it takes 2400 * 10% = 2400 yuan to make first-hand corn futures.
Futures account, that is, investors open futures accounts and capital accounts. The CSRC has no clear regulations on the opening funds of futures investors. Account opening funds vary with the size and trading volume of futures companies, and the company's requirements for account opening funds have certain floating space. With the gradual increase of bank transfer and futures securities transfer business, customers can freely transfer funds between bank accounts, securities accounts and futures accounts.
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As the basis of futures trading, opening an account for investors is an important link to protect the legitimate rights and interests of investors. Especially on the eve of the introduction of financial futures, further strengthening the real-name registration system registration in the futures market can not only achieve twice the result with half the effort, but also greatly reduce the resistance and difficulty of implementation, which is very necessary to consolidate the market foundation and meet the great development of the futures market. In other words, the account must be opened by myself, and others can't do it for me, because now I have to take pictures of both goods and finance. Of course, our futures company is not in charge of the operation after opening, but in fact, in order to standardize futures trading and make the futures industry develop better, the real-name registration system is very necessary.
Precautions for futures account: the futures account is completely free, and there is only a handling fee for futures trading, and no other fees will be charged in any form. If you just want to know about futures first, you can also ask for futures information for free and consult in detail; You can also consult online customer service. At the same time, it should be noted that investors must conduct futures trading through legal futures companies. All futures funds can be converted into silver futures. After the bank opens the silver transfer business, it can freely transfer money between the bank account and the futures account, and all operations can be completed through online banking, with no cash flow. Regular futures trading hours are from 9: 00 am to 9: 00 pm 1 1: 30 pm 1: 30 pm to 3: 00 pm. Any futures channel that advertises 24-hour trading is an illegal agent for foreign electronic disks. Investors should not believe the illegal trading channels of some investment companies in the name of foreign gold futures agents. Domestic futures trading must be conducted through regular futures companies.