The first type: product type

1. Forward: both parties to the transaction will buy or sell a commodity or asset at the agreed price on that day in the future, and the trading day will be in the distant future.

2. Futures: standardized forward contracts.

3. Option: The contract signed by the buyer and the seller is the right of the buyer and the seller to buy or sell the underlying assets at the price agreed in the contract at a future date (or before).

4. Swaps: buying spot foreign exchange and selling forward foreign exchange in the same currency in the foreign exchange market, or selling spot foreign exchange and buying forward foreign exchange in the same currency.

The second type: the nature of primary assets

1. Stock category: based on stock index.

2. Interest rate category: taking interest rate or interest rate carrier as the basic tool.

3. Currency category: various currencies are the basic tools.

4. Credit category: taking credit risk or default risk contained in basic products as basic variables as financial derivatives.