1. FinancialFutures refers to a binding standardized contract in which both parties buy and sell financial instruments at an agreed time and price in the financial market. Futures contracts with financial instruments as the subject matter. Financial futures are generally divided into three categories: currency futures, interest rate futures and index futures. As a kind of futures, financial futures has the general characteristics of futures, but compared with commodity futures, its contract subject matter is not physical goods, but traditional financial goods, such as securities, currency, interest rates and so on.

2. Financial futures came into being in the American market in 1970s. At present, financial futures have been ahead of commodity futures in many aspects, accounting for 80% of the trading volume of the whole futures market, which has become a successful example of western financial innovation.