Has the futures principal been paid back?
When a futures investor invests in a product, if the futures contract price of a bean is 2800 yuan per ton, then a contract represents 10 ton. If the investor does not pay the contract deposit when investing in beans, then the first-hand contract needs to invest 2800× 10=28000 yuan; When paying the deposit, investors need to invest 2800× 10× 15%=4200 yuan, which is equivalent to spending 15% on a commodity with the original price.
If the contract price drops by 10%, the price of each bean will drop by 280 yuan, and the investor will lose 2800 yuan in the next contract. The investor's investment amount is only 4200 yuan. If it falls by 10%, it will lose more than half and 66%. So when the contract price drops by 500 yuan, the investor's loss has reached 5,000 yuan, while the previous investment was 4,200 yuan, and the loss has exceeded the principal. It can be seen that due to the existence of the deposit system, the fluctuation of the contract value itself has far exceeded the principal of our investment, which leads to the situation that the investment principal has to be repaid after being lost.
Margin in futures contract trading is to increase leverage in the process of investors' trading, which amplifies the risk of trading, but the risk is directly proportional to the return, and the greater the risk, the higher the return. In practice, this situation is rare, because futures companies will do a good job in risk prevention and control and remind customers in time. However, as we all know, risks in the investment industry exist at any time, and no one knows when they will come.
To sum up, futures investment transactions are risky, and the contract transaction funds are high and the risks are high. Therefore, playing futures generally requires sufficient funds and sufficient risk tolerance. All of the above are about "will the principal of futures be lost?" Does the futures have to pay back the principal? " I hope it helps you.