The two basic purposes of futures trading are profit-making and hedging. From this perspective, Xiaomi can barely be regarded as.
But futures itself has a unified market, which is convenient for trading. For example, today, August 20 12, the closing price of Shanghai copper will be unified throughout the market, while Xiaomi is obviously different. Can only be traded in a small area, some businesses or someone.
So the conclusion is that what he said can only be regarded as a concept of futures, not a real transaction. The simplest reason is that you cannot trade in the futures market.