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Why do futures need 500 thousand
Financial strength, reduce market risk.

1. The request for a futures account of 500,000 yuan is mainly aimed at individual special varieties, such as crude oil futures, stock index futures and government bond futures. These special varieties of futures trading are risky, and the regulatory authorities require investors to have certain financial strength and risk tolerance when opening accounts.

2. Investors who meet the capital requirement of 500,000 yuan can participate in the examination results of China Futures Association, score above 80, risk assessment above C4, and have ten futures trading records before opening an account, so they can trade these special varieties. This requirement aims to ensure that investors have certain futures trading experience and risk awareness, thus reducing market risks.

3. Futures, called futures in English, is completely different from spot. Spot is actually a tradable commodity. Futures are mainly not commodities, but standardized tradable contracts with some bulk products such as cotton, soybeans and oil and financial assets such as stocks and bonds as the targets.