Everyone will consider the risk when preparing for investment and financial management. What kind of investment method should be chosen to suit them better? All kinds of financial investment methods must have a certain understanding, so which is more risky, stocks or futures? What's the difference between stocks and futures? We have prepared relevant contents for your reference.

Which is more risky, stocks or futures?

Whether in theory or in practice, it is generally believed that the risk of futures is greater than that of stocks, mainly from the following aspects: First, futures are leveraged, which may earn more profits, but it also increases the risk. High returns inevitably correspond to high risks. Many people don't know much about futures and will not control risks. Second, stocks are traded at T+ 1, and futures are traded at T+0. Trading is fast, and it is easy to lose money if you don't respond. Third, futures are margin trading, futures can be short, and stocks can't. Sometimes futures even lose money directly, and futures may also lose money other than the loss. People who participate in futures trading are much less than those who participate in stock trading, and the number of people who participate in futures trading is less than 10%, which indirectly shows that the risk of futures trading is greater than that of stocks.

What's the difference between stocks and futures?

There is a big difference between stocks and futures, and there is not much connection. It can only be said that they are all ways of investing and managing money. First of all, conceptually, a stock is a certificate of ownership issued by a joint-stock company, and it is a kind of valuable securities held by each shareholder as a shareholding certificate. Futures are standardized tradable contracts, which must be executed at maturity. Secondly, they are different in trading places, trading rules and trading time.