The first way: At present, the relatively common mainland "sea futures" army basically relies on the sales offices set up by mainland futures companies in Hong Kong. Apart from the fact that Hong Kong brokers can open accounts in new york, London and other places on their behalf, the most important reason is that this is the easiest and most abundant channel for China to "carry" funds to Hong Kong.

Let me start with some basic knowledge of international crude oil futures trading.

At present, the most traded and influential crude oil futures contracts in the world are: WTI (West Texas Intermediate) futures contract for light and low sulfur crude oil in the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX), Brent (Brent crude oil in the North Sea) futures contract for London International Petroleum Exchange (ICE) and Dubai (Dubai crude oil) futures contract for Singapore International Finance Exchange (SIMEX).

Due to the different standards of oil products, the transaction price of each oil product will be different, but the overall upward and downward trend is basically the same.

Take Brent crude oil as an example: Brent crude oil is light and low sulfur crude oil from the North Sea. Brent mixed crude oil and London Brent are regarded as benchmark prices by two-thirds of international crude oil suppliers around the world. Therefore, when economists mention the price of oil, most of the time they are talking about the price of Brent crude oil per barrel. The pricing of this price is based on the transaction value of London Brent crude oil market, which is an informal market, and about 654.38 billion US dollars worth of oil contracts are traded here every year.

International crude oil physical transaction mainly adopts the pricing method of benchmark price+/-discount, and futures trading prices such as WTI, Brent and Dubai are often used as benchmark prices. Take CME's WTI futures contract as an example, its specification is 1000 barrels per lot, the quotation unit is USD/barrel, and the minimum price fluctuation unit is 1 cent. For example: BRT/USD=48.0 1 USD/barrel.

At the same time, crude oil futures are subject to margin trading system, and the margin requirements of each exchange are different, and the same exchange will also adjust.

Take the leverage of 20 times as an example: at a certain moment, Brent crude oil is quoted at $50, and a deposit is required to buy standard oil:1*1000 * $50/20 = $2,500, and a point of oil rise or fall will bring investors 20% profit and loss. If crude oil goes up by 5%, your income is 100%.

The second way: In addition to opening accounts in Hong Kong branch of domestic futures companies, there are various agencies, which are mixed and often promise attractive means such as high leverage. Choosing a reliable agency requires great efforts, and investors who choose a "liar" company are likely to lose all their money.

However, we need to remind everyone that both of the above methods are not completely legal and have great risks.

The third way: some large domestic banks provide international crude oil trading business, commonly known as "paper crude oil", which is generally T+0 trading. It can be traded in US dollars and RMB, and short selling is allowed. Without trading leverage, the transaction must provide full funds. One problem is that the handling fee is very high, and if there is not much profit margin, it is equivalent to working for a bank. The attraction of investment has been weakened too much.

At the end of last year, the China Securities Regulatory Commission approved the Shanghai International Energy Exchange Center to carry out crude oil futures trading, and the "China version" crude oil futures that attracted much attention from all walks of life was just around the corner. However, it will take a lot of time for the detailed rules to be promulgated. Even if they are promulgated, they will be as high as stock index futures and have a high threshold for institutional and individual investors.

At present, the road for China investors to invest in the international crude oil market is still full of difficulties and obstacles. Risk-oriented experts choose carefully, and risk aversion is to buy some reliable wealth management products. (Experts from all walks of life are welcome to criticize and correct me. If you can provide better investment advice for netizens, you are also welcome to contribute. )

American stock investment model:

The United States has the largest financial market in the world, with the largest capital flow momentum and the greatest influence. This unique advantage determines that American families regard stock trading as a major source of living funds. In the United States, there are many ways to invest in stocks, which can be divided into two categories.

The first is to invest in the same fund, and about two-thirds of American investors will choose this investment method. There will be managers to take care of the stock fund, which is equivalent to giving money to people you trust. Of course, these managers are technicians with a certain professional level and rich experience. Investors just need to wait at home and receive a profit and loss report. Objectively speaking, choosing this investment method can not only reduce the risk of investment, after all, managers are senior holding experts, who have abundant funds and have unique foresight and foresight on the development trend of the stock market; It is equivalent to mastering their rich investment experience and winning rich profits for themselves.

The second is that investors speculate on their own. It can be divided into two situations. One is to hire a broker to give advice, and ask the broker for advice when you trade, but the decision is still in your own hands, and the broker is just a medium to provide advice and direction. The other is that they should take full responsibility for it. They mainly conduct online transactions, and they can also conduct transactions by telephone. You can save a lot of money by completing the whole investment transaction yourself without hiring a broker.

In addition to the above methods, you can also open an account in a bank and leave everything to the bank agent.