What does short selling stock index futures mean? In fact, the understanding of shorting stock index futures can be understood by separating the two first. For example, short selling is an investment method of borrowing the underlying assets first, then selling them to get cash, and then spending cash to buy the underlying assets after a period of time.

The meaning of stock index futures refers to stock price index futures, which refers to standardized futures contracts with stock price index as the subject matter. Both parties agree that at a certain date in the future, they can buy and sell the underlying index according to the size of the stock price index determined in advance, and then settle the difference in cash for delivery after the expiration.

Comprehensive understanding of the above words alone, we can roughly understand that short selling of stock index futures refers to the speculative behavior that stock investors borrow a stock from a securities firm when the price of the stock is bearish, and make up all the stocks sold before the actual delivery, and only settle the difference when the delivery occurs.

We summarize the experience of investors in the market, and summarize the trading process of selling empty stock index futures mainly in the following steps. Please read the following:

1. Trading account: The customer has selected a suitable brokerage firm, and the next step is to open a futures trading account, which is generally a fund credit account opened by futures traders for trading performance guarantee.

Second, risk disclosure: customers will read a "futures risk disclosure book" and sign a "futures trading risk statement" after careful reading and understanding; After the customer carefully reads and understands, the legal representative of the unit will sign and affix the official seal of the unit.

III. Signing a contract: The futures brokerage company signs an entrustment transaction agreement, clearly stipulating the rights and obligations between the futures brokerage company and its customers. Individual customers should sign contracts, and corporate customers should sign contracts and build official seals.

4. Application Code: The Exchange implements the system of registration and filing of customer transaction codes. When opening an account, customers should fill in the Futures Trading Registration Form and fill in some basic information of customers on the form.

Fifth, trading margin: after all the formalities are completed, the futures brokerage company will prepare a futures trading account for the customer, fill in the "account card" and give it to the customer. In this way, the account opening work is completed. After signing a futures brokerage contract with a futures brokerage company, the customer shall pay the deposit for opening an account in accordance with the regulations.