In futures trading, the more important information is the expiration time of futures contracts. When futures contracts are nearing maturity, exchanges usually raise the margin level, which will increase transaction costs. Therefore, we need to know the expiration time of relevant contracts. How do futures view the expiration time of contracts?

What do futures think of the expiration time of contracts?

1 contract month. Futures contracts generally use four numbers to indicate the month when the contract expires, such as IC2007. The first two digits represent the year, and the last two digits represent the month, that is, it expires in July.

2 specific time. You can log on to the website of the relevant exchange for inquiry. There are four major futures exchanges in China, namely Dashang Exchange, Zhengshang Exchange, Fangshang Exchange and CICC. Among them, CICC only trades financial futures, Zhengshang Institute and Dashang Institute mainly trade agricultural products futures, and Shanghai futures mainly trade industrial raw material futures. You can query the futures of relevant exchanges in official website in turn according to the types of futures queried.

The above is a way to share the expiration time of futures contracts, hoping to help everyone.