Abstract: There are many kinds of futures trading, soda ash is one of them, and soda ash futures belong to the chemical sector in futures trading. There are two kinds of soda ash: light soda ash and heavy soda ash, in which light soda ash is mainly used for household washing, chemical solvents and food processing, heavy soda ash is used for industrial production and heavy soda ash is also used for futures trading. The future price of soda ash is mainly affected by three factors: raw material price, glass demand and inventory. Pay attention to these three factors when doing soda ash futures trading. Let's first look at whether soda ash futures are light alkali or heavy alkali. 1. What sector does the futures soda ash belong to?

Futures trading is divided into many sectors, and soda ash futures is a kind of futures trading, belonging to the chemical sector in the energy sector.

The energy plate is actually a combination of energy plate and chemical plate. In addition to soda ash, chemical products futures include asphalt, natural rubber, pulp, fiberboard, plywood, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, ethylene glycol, PTA, methanol, staple fiber and so on.

2. Is soda ash futures light alkali or heavy alkali?

Soda is also very common in daily life, but the soda used in daily life is generally light alkali, which is used in household washing, chemical solvents and food processing, while heavy alkali is mainly used in industrial production, and the soda in futures trading is also heavy alkali.

Compared with light alkali, heavy alkali particles are larger and denser, and are not easy to be caked by moisture and fly. The use of heavy alkali can reduce the flying of alkali dust, reduce the consumption of raw materials, improve working conditions, improve product quality, reduce the erosion of alkali powder on refractory materials and prolong the service life of kiln, so heavy alkali is used in industrial production and futures trading.

3. What is the impact of soda ash futures?

Futures trading is risky, and there is room for profit if you are short and long. If you want to operate, you must first know whether the price of soda ash futures will rise or fall, so what are the price influencing factors of soda ash futures?

1, raw materials

Raw materials of soda ash include natural gas, coal, crude salt and limestone. When the prices of these four natural resources rise, the cost of soda ash will increase, which will lead to the future price increase of soda ash. When the prices of these four natural resources fall, it means that the cost of soda ash will also fall, which will lead to the future price decline of soda ash.

2. Glass demand

Soda futures are related to the glass industry. As an important raw material for glass production, when the market demand for glass increases, the demand for soda ash will also increase, which will lead to an increase in the future price of soda ash. On the contrary, it may lead to a decline in the price of soda ash futures.

3. Inventory

There is a large inventory of soda ash, and the price drops, but there is a small inventory of soda ash, and the price rises. Among them, the inventory of soda ash is transferred between producers, traders and terminals. The inventory of producers is relatively stable, and the inventory of traders and terminals will change due to prices.