1, intertemporal
Stock index futures is a contract in which both parties agree to trade at a certain time in the future under certain conditions by predicting the changing trend of stock index.
2. Leverage
Stock index futures trading does not need to pay the contract value in full, but only needs to pay a certain percentage of margin to sign a contract with greater value.
Step 3 contact
The price of stock index futures is closely related to the change of its basic asset-stock index. Stock index is the basic asset of stock index futures, which has a great influence on the price changes of stock index futures.
4. High risk and risk diversity
The leverage of stock index futures determines that it is more risky than the stock market. In addition, there are certain market risks, operational risks and cash flow risks in stock index futures.