Futures and spot are completely different. Spot is actually a tradable commodity. Futures are mainly not commodities, but standardized tradable contracts based on some popular products such as cotton, soybeans and oil and financial assets such as stocks and bonds. Therefore, the subject matter can be commodities (such as gold, crude oil and agricultural products) or financial instruments.
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How to buy futures?
Fully understand the trading system of trading varieties, the margin system, handling fee system and price quotation of varieties in the futures market are different from those in the securities market. A full understanding of the trading system in the futures market is of great help to understand the source of risks and how to control them.
Strictly manage funds. Generally speaking, unprofitable overnight positions should be controlled below 30%. For investors who are new to the futures market, judging the ups and downs of the market should be put in the second place, and fund management should be put in the first place. It tests the rigor of investors' thinking and operation, and the random operation of orders is an important reason for the failure of futures.
If the direction is wrong, stop loss in time, not afraid of mistakes, but afraid of procrastination. Some investors are always afraid that the stop loss is the highest or lowest point. Holding the idea of defending the other side, but the changes in the futures market are changing rapidly. If it is an extreme market, it may collapse if you don't stop loss. Stop loss at least gives you a chance to continue trading. In short, futures will be broken. This is also the key point in the concept of stop loss.
Seize the opportunity of shorting, futures trading can be long or short. Ordinary traders are limited by the traditional thinking of stock and real estate investment. When I first came into contact with futures trading, I tend to buy first and then sell, which is easy to accept, but difficult to understand after selling first, so I am interested in doing more. I am always a little uneasy about shorting, so I miss many opportunities to make money.
The contract should be amended in time. Traditionally, futures traders choose the most active monthly trading. Active means that there are many buyers and sellers, and the transaction volume is large, so it is easy to have buyers and sellers at any time, and the contract at hand can be successfully concluded.
Futures Committee:
Equivalent to the commission in the stock. For stocks, the expenses of stock trading include stamp duty, commission and transfer fees. Relatively speaking, the cost of engaging in futures trading is only the handling fee. Futures commission refers to the fees paid by futures traders according to a certain proportion of the total contract value after the transaction.
The characteristics of futures:
The commodity variety, trading unit, contract month, margin, quantity, quality, grade, delivery time and delivery place of futures contracts are all established and standardized, and the only variable is price. The standards of futures contracts are usually designed by futures exchanges and listed by national regulatory agencies.
Futures contracts are concluded under the organization of futures exchanges and have legal effect. Prices are generated through public bidding in the trading hall of the exchanges. Most foreign countries adopt public bidding, while our country adopts computer trading.
The performance of futures contracts is guaranteed by the exchange, and private transactions are not allowed.
Futures contracts can fulfill or cancel their contractual obligations through the settlement of spot or hedging transactions.