For enterprises, avoiding risks through futures is called hedging. For example, a company just has 10000 tons of steel. If he is worried about the future decline in steel prices, he can sell 10000 tons of steel through steel futures. When the steel price does fall, the 65,438+00,000 tons of steel held by the enterprise will lose money or reduce profits, while the steel sold by the enterprise through the futures market will be profitable, thus breaking even. If an enterprise is going to buy a batch of steel for a period of time, the futures company will also invest a small sum of money to buy futures contracts for a period of time in the futures market, which can also achieve the goal of locking in profits. The reason is the same as above, so I won't repeat it.