What's the difference between stocks and futures? Stock is a certificate of ownership issued by a joint-stock company, and it is a kind of valuable securities issued by a joint-stock company to all kinds of shareholders as a shareholding certificate to obtain dividends and bonuses. Each share represents the shareholder's ownership of the basic unit of the enterprise. Futures is a standardized tradable contract based on some popular products, such as cotton, soybeans, oil and financial assets, such as stocks and bonds. Therefore, the subject matter can be a commodity or a financial instrument.

1. Stocks are fully traded, that is, investors can only buy as many stocks as they have money. Futures is different from futures. Futures is a margin system, that is, only 5% to 10% of the turnover can be traded, which is very attractive. For example, if an investor has 1 10,000 yuan, he can buy 1000 shares if he buys1000 yuan, and he can clinch a commodity futures contract with110,000 yuan by investing in futures, that is, taking small bets and making big ones.

2, the stock is a one-way transaction, you can only buy the stock first, and then you can sell it. Futures can be bought first and then sold, which is called two-way trading.

There is no time limit for stock trading. The quilt can hold positions for a long time, and if the futures are very different, they must be delivered at maturity, otherwise the exchange will force the liquidation or physical delivery.

4. The return on investment of stocks is divided into two parts, one is the market price difference, the other is the dividend, and the profit and loss of futures investment is the actual profit and loss in market transactions.

5. Futures trading is different from stocks. Due to the limitation of margin system, additional margin system and forced liquidation at maturity, it has the characteristics of high return and high risk. In a sense, futures can make you rich overnight, and it can also make you poor instantly. Investors should invest carefully.