Futures can't hold positions for a long time like stocks, but the delivery of natural person futures accounts and legal person futures accounts is different:
Natural person account futures contracts cannot be delivered at maturity, so they cannot be held indefinitely. It must be closed before the contract expires. If the investment is not closed by itself, the futures company will force the liquidation before the last trading day of the contract.
If investors hold the Shanghai Bank 1609 contract, they should try their best to close their positions before the delivery date of 20 16.
Legal person futures accounts can hold futures contracts for physical delivery at maturity according to the position requirements stipulated by the exchange.
Therefore, whether it is a natural person futures account or a legal person futures account, you can only hold positions before the contract expires, and you can't hold them indefinitely.
If investors want to hold a futures contract for a long time, they should try to choose a futures contract one month farther away when they open their positions, and then close their positions when the contract expires to meet the needs of long-term investment.