What you know about foreign exchange belongs to the spot category. The exact name should be spot contract trading of foreign exchange, commonly known as "foreign exchange margin trading", "false trading" and "margin trading", all of which are names given by China people. International inter-bank foreign exchange contract transactions are generally delivered after the work of two banks.

Futures are (futures) relative to spot. Futures are the subject matter that is bought and sold now, but will be settled or delivered in the future. This subject matter can be gold, crude oil, agricultural products, financial instruments, financial indicators and other commodities. The delivery date of futures can be one week later, one month later, three months later or even one year later. A contract or agreement to buy or sell futures is called a futures contract. The place where futures are bought and sold is called the futures market.

There are still many differences between the two, including delivery, trading time, a spot, a forward, an investment, a speculation and so on. In many ways.