As an investment consultant who has been in the industry for nearly ten years, I often come into contact with various investors due to my work. Some investors, seeing that the stock market has been falling for a long time, want to buy futures; some have suffered miserably from trading futures, so they come back to buy stocks. There are all kinds of people. Therefore, whether stocks or futures are easier to do, I really can’t say clearly in one sentence. Based on my experience, I think stocks are relatively easy to trade, but there are few opportunities to make money; while futures are very difficult to trade, but there are many opportunities to make money.
The simplest reason why stocks are easy to trade is that if you are caught, you can lie down and wait for the price to rise before running. No margin calls are required, and sometimes there are dividends. Especially for A-shares, if you are lucky and encounter a concept stock, it may easily rebound in a straight line to get out of the trap! There are still many cases of unexpected surprises. Therefore, stocks are still suitable for most investors, and they do not necessarily require very professional knowledge. As most investors say, it's just for fun. As long as you don't invest all your money, you won't suffer big losses or liquidate your position, which will affect your life. But it takes time. This is the advantage of stock trading. Of course, the disadvantages of stock trading are also obvious, that is, there are not many opportunities for A shares to rise, and most of them are trapped. This is the so-called bull short and bear long. Therefore, if you want to trade in stocks, you must first learn to be trapped. This is the basic skill of stock trading!
As for futures, I have done it too. The general feeling is that trading skills are very high and making money is unstable. Sometimes I make a lot of money in a short period of time, and sometimes I lose it all quickly. Losing money, making money, losing money, mood ups and downs, the fluctuations are too big, most people can't stand it! The reason may be that there are too many speculative orders in futures, and short-term trends are complicated and difficult to analyze. Medium- and long-term trends are affected by commodity supply and demand, which requires investors to study the fundamentals more thoroughly. I attach great importance to the grasp of real-time market conditions. When I do this, I have to check the market conditions on the "Yifu Futures" information website every day. These are not something ordinary investors can do. Most investors may lose their positions if they are not careful. According to statistics, it takes at least three to five years for a stock market account to "die." For a futures account to be liquidated, it may only take one to three months. Some even liquidated their positions within a few weeks. The reason is simple. Futures are leveraged, which not only magnifies profits but also magnifies losses. Ordinary investors still cannot play with leverage.
In short, if there are investors who are hesitant to choose stocks or futures, I suggest doing stocks for a few years first. Do futures trading only if you have a certain foundation. For newbies in futures, 99% of them are leeks and will definitely be cut off.
It is better to speculate in the stock market. If you lose money, you will still be a shareholder!
Hope to adopt it! !