1. Domestic futures exchanges are relatively concentrated. So far, there are only four regular futures exchanges in China: Zhengshang Exchange, Dashang Exchange, Fangshang Exchange and Gold Exchange. However, the market it faces is national, and if the exchange directly serves the market, the service coverage will be too large. Therefore, it can only be served through futures companies, that is, brokers.

2. Futures trading seems simple, but it needs a set of complex back-office services to support it. Personal or legal person's professional quality or basic conditions are not up to standard, such as data channel service, risk control system, deposit and withdrawal system, etc.

3. At present, futures companies provide direct docking services to some large capital customers. The purpose is to provide customers with trading experience and related requirements.

4, you can refer to housing transactions to understand, of course, futures trading is more complicated than this. You can do business without an intermediary, but the problem is that you have to know and prepare all the procedures in advance. Otherwise, if a detail is missing or ignored, it will cause disputes or unnecessary troubles, but they often go through this procedure through an intermediary, so they know more about the details.