(1) precious metals. It mainly includes gold, silver and platinum, and the main trading places are the New York Mercantile Exchange and NYSE.

(2) general metals. Include copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, tin, nickel and the like. The London Metal Exchange is the main trading place.

China's metal futures trading places are Shenzhen Nonferrous Metals Exchange and Shanghai Metal Exchange.

Metal is one of the more mature futures products in the world futures market today. At present, metal futures trading in the world is mainly concentrated in London Metal Exchange, the New York Mercantile Exchange and Tokyo Industrial Products Exchange.