Financial products refer to various carriers in the process of financing, including currency, gold, foreign exchange and securities. In other words, these financial products are the trading objects in the financial market. The supply and demand sides form the price of financial products, such as interest rate or yield, through the principle of market competition, and finally complete the transaction to achieve the purpose of financing. Such as stocks, futures, options and insurance policies are all financial assets, also called financial instruments and securities.

The contract for difference is a financial product derived from stocks and containing leverage effect, and it is an effective way to buy and sell stocks, indexes and futures.

Securities are certificates of ownership or creditor's rights with par value, which prove that the holder has the right to obtain certain income on schedule and can be freely transferred and traded.

It can be understood that financial products are equivalent to securities to a certain extent, but securities are not necessarily financial products.

The contract for difference belongs to a kind of financial product.