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1. The basic factors that affect futures price changes are: supply and demand. Futures trading is the product of market economy, so its price changes are affected by the relationship between market supply and demand. When supply exceeds demand, futures prices fall, on the contrary, futures prices rise; Economic cycle, in the futures market, price changes are also affected by the economic cycle, and there will be price fluctuations at all stages of the economic cycle; Government policies, some policies and measures formulated by governments of various countries will have different degrees of influence on futures market prices; Due to political factors, the futures market is very sensitive to the change of political climate, and the occurrence of various political events often affects prices to varying degrees; Social factors, social factors refer to the public's ideas, social psychological trends, and the information influence of the media; Due to seasonal factors, many futures commodities, especially agricultural products, have obvious seasonality, and prices fluctuate with seasonal changes.
2. Futures: Futures is a commodity relative to the spot. Spot refers to commodities that can be bought and sold now, while futures refers to commodities that are expected to be traded in a certain period in the future. The buying and selling of futures commodities mainly relies on the delivery of margin to obtain a commodity buying and selling contract that can be traded at some time in the future. Before the expiration date of the contract, investors can choose whether to buy or sell. If the commodity price at that time is higher than the price at the time of signing, the investor can pay off the balance according to the price at the time of signing and obtain the commodity. If the commodity price at that time is lower than the price at the time of signing the contract, investors can also choose to give up the deposit, cancel the contract and. So ... futures trading is like buying and selling goods in advance. When paying the deposit, the buyer only obtained the right to purchase the goods in advance in the future, and could not obtain the ownership of the goods before the contract expired and paid the balance.