As one of the most influential commodities in the global economy, crude oil not only occupies a considerable proportion in global spot transactions, but also is closely related to the politics, economy and finance of all countries in the world. Crude oil futures prices not only reflect the supply and demand relationship of crude oil itself, but also reflect macroeconomic fluctuations to some extent.
The crude oil market is closely related to the bond, stock and foreign exchange markets. According to the survey of Runyi Investment Agency, pension funds, equity wealth funds and other investment groups are also actively participating in the trading of crude oil market, and regard it as an important part of the portfolio basket, which shows that crude oil investment is extremely hot in the international market. With the promotion of China's market influence, domestic crude oil investment has a very good development prospect.
Second, crude oil investment has the characteristics of low cost, flexible trading and market price determined by market supply and demand.
Crude oil trading adopts flexible two-way trading mode, and there is no restriction on buying up and killing down. For example, Runyi Investment's Haixi Oil Products; T+0 trading mechanism, the opening and closing of positions on the same day are unrestricted, which is convenient for investors to grasp the market in time and avoid risks; Margin trading system not only greatly improves the utilization rate of investors' funds, but also has a lower investment threshold, which can meet the investment needs of small and medium-sized investors.
The crude oil index is influenced by OPEC, IEA market intervention, US dollar, geopolitics and other factors. Generally speaking, the price of crude oil is determined by market supply and demand, which is more transparent and easier to grasp than other investment products.
Third, the combination of crude oil spot and futures is high, and hedging is conducive to avoiding operations.
Oil producers provide crude oil to the market, while refineries provide refined oil. As a supplier of crude oil social commodities, in the course of operation, in order to ensure the reasonable commodity profits of commodities that have been produced or are being produced and will be sold to the market in the future, and to prevent the price loss suffered by formal sales, corresponding commodity futures trading methods are adopted to reduce risks. Runyi Investment Analyst explained that the futures sold in the futures market are equal to the number sold, and then when they want to sell the spot, they buy the one hedged by future positions.
4. Crude oil is a real commodity, and the investment subject matter is safe.
Whether it is power oil for automobiles or building materials such as asphalt pavement,
Oil is closely related to our life. It's true. Runyi investment survey data shows that the public has a generally recognized attitude towards crude oil. China attaches great importance to its own energy security. Oil is a product with its own scarcity and uniqueness, and its investment is relatively safe and transparent.
The fluctuation of oil price has certain periodicity and regularity, so we can think about our investment strategy and arrange the investment direction reasonably according to the change of market oil price. Once a cycle is formed, the trend will strengthen. Therefore, the relationship between supply and demand of oil can affect the fluctuation of oil price. Supply and demand are usually cyclical, which is very similar to the economic cycle. The economic cycle will not end in a month or two, but will last for a period of time according to the actual situation. Runyi investment analyst said that "for those who do trend investment, oil investment is safer and the direction of price fluctuation is more accurate".