Futures are relative to spot. Futures is to predict the price of future commodities, buy and sell now, and short. This commodity (or subject matter) can be gold, crude oil, agricultural products, financial instruments, financial indicators and other commodities. The delivery date of futures can be one week later, one month later, three months later or even one year later. A contract or agreement to buy or sell futures is called a futures contract. The place where futures are bought and sold is called the futures market.

Financial futures include foreign exchange futures, interest rate futures and stock index futures, and stock index futures are stock index futures. Its subject matter is the Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 Index, and the price of each point in the contract is RMB 300 yuan. There are many kinds of commodity futures, including agricultural products, chemical energy and non-ferrous metals.

Cotton futures are in tons and gold in grams. Of course, the ratio of one ton of cotton is 1 gram of Huang Jingui. There is also a concept here, that is, the minimum trading unit hand, cotton is 5 tons/hand, and gold is 1000 g/hand, so in fact, investing in gold requires more funds.