The concepts of 1 and 1 are essentially different.
Stock is a kind of valuable securities, which represents certain rights and is a legal document to prove your shareholder status. As for futures, what you buy is a right. You can choose whether to buy or sell futures contracts. If you don't buy or sell futures contracts, you will be forced to close your position in the settlement of the day, and you just lose your margin.
2. There are also differences in the direction of transactions.
It's hard to be short But futures are easy to short, and they can make money whether they go up or down. For example, if you think that individual stocks will fall in the future, it will be difficult to make money by analyzing (betting) the right point. Futures are different. You can short, so you can make money by falling.
Futures is not only a two-way transaction, but also a game with small bets. Stocks are traded in full, so you can only buy as many stocks as you have money, while futures implement a margin mechanism, and you can trade in large quantities by paying a certain percentage of margin. We talked about leverage before. If you buy in the right direction, you can make a profit. If you buy in the wrong direction, you will lose a lot. We must do our best.
As we all know, the trading time limit of futures and stocks is also very different! If the stock falls on the quilt cover, the salted fish will at least have a chance to turn over. After all, the stock is still in hand. Futures are very different. First of all, futures contracts are time-limited and cannot be held indefinitely; Secondly, futures trading is subject to compulsory liquidation. If you fall on the futures, you will go out and go home immediately if the margin is lost. If you want to turn over and collect enough money, come back.
In addition, stocks are traded at T+ 1, and the stocks bought on the same day must be held at least until the second trading day. Futures are T+0 transactions, which can be closed on the same day and traded several times a day.
3. There are also differences in income.
The income of stock investment mainly comes from two aspects, one is the dividend of listed companies, and the other is the price difference of stock trading, while the profit of futures only comes from the price difference. Stock trading is both investment and speculation, while futures trading is pure speculation, almost a guessing game.
Although most people are betting on stocks, at least the company is behind them. They bet on the company's performance and guess the company's prospects. Futures are different.