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How many types of futures are there?
Futures refers to all contracts for buying and selling financial instruments or physical goods delivered in any commodity futures exchange in the future.

Futures option refers to the right to buy and sell related contracts (in this case, futures contracts) at a specific time and at a specific price, but not the obligation.

Futures classification:

1. Agricultural products futures: mostly bulk agricultural, animal husbandry or forest products and their finished products, mainly including grain and oil products, animal husbandry products, forest products and cash crops.

2. Industrial futures: mainly industrial basic raw materials. There are mainly nonferrous metals, ferrous metals and precious metals.

3. Energy futures: The main categories are crude oil, fuel oil, light diesel oil, gasoline and propane.

4. Exchange rate futures: the target is the exchange rate of various freely convertible currencies.

5. Interest rate futures: the trading targets are various government bonds, commercial paper and short-term interest rates.

6. Stock index futures: The main trading targets are representative stock price indexes, such as the US Standard & Poor's 500 Index, the US Financial Times Index, the Nikkei 225 Index and the China Hang Seng Index.