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What is futures?
1. Futures is a standardized tradable contract with a certain commodity or financial instrument as the target. The target can be agricultural products, crude oil, gold and other commodities, or financial instruments. Futures are essentially forward commodity trading contracts, and futures must be delivered at maturity, otherwise the exchange will force liquidation or physical delivery.
2. The essence of futures is to sign long-term contracts with others to buy and sell commodities, so as to achieve the purpose of preserving value or making money. Futures trading is a T+0 trading system, and investors can buy and sell on the same day. Moreover, futures can be traded in both directions, and investors can buy up or down.
3. Futures is a small and wide investment way. Investors only need to pay a deposit of about 10% to complete the whole transaction. For example, if investors have 10000 yuan, they can trade futures contracts with 10000 yuan. It can be seen that the investment risk of futures is also very large, and investors need to invest carefully.
4. Futures trading must be conducted in the futures exchange. All futures transactions in China are settled by Shanghai Futures Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange and China Financial Futures Exchange, so investors need not worry about performance.
5. Futures are not physical objects, but standardized tradable contracts based on some popular products. Because futures implement the margin system, futures have the characteristics of high risk, investors need to invest and manage their wealth according to their own risk tolerance, otherwise they will lose money if they rush into the market, which may cause unbearable consequences for themselves.