Futures account needs to go to the sales department for the first time. You can open an account online to do commodity futures first. This is the first step. The order of the next few steps may be disturbed. You need to conduct an online test in the sales department of the futures company. The whole examination process needs audio and video recording, so that you can trade commodity futures above 10 for five consecutive trading days and keep the available funds in your account above 500,000. After these steps are completed, the futures company will apply for the trading authority of stock index futures for you.