Short futures position means that the futures account is negative assets, which can be simply understood as the loss amount has exceeded the margin in the account. Under normal circumstances, when investors make losses due to Man Cang's operation, the futures company will promptly notify investors to add margin, and there will be no short positions.

Even if the addition is not timely, when the loss reaches 30% of the margin, the futures company will force the liquidation. For example, the deposit is 1 000 yuan. When the loss reaches 3000 yuan, it may be forced to close the position. At this time, investors need to bear the loss of 3000 yuan, and the deposit is still 7000 yuan.

For example, before the opening of 1 1 in August, the customer failed to pay the additional margin to the futures company. In September, the stock index futures contract fell by 90 points, opened at 1060 and continued to fall. The futures brokerage company forced the liquidation of customers 15, and the transaction price was 1055. In this way, the situation of this account is:

Profit and loss of liquidation on the same day = (1055-150 )×15×100 =-172, 500 yuan,

Handling fee =10×15 =150 yuan.

Actual rights and interests =124850-172500-150 =-47800 yuan.

That is, the customer owes the futures brokerage company 47,800 yuan.

When there is a short position, investors should make up for the loss, otherwise they will face legal recourse. In order to prevent this from happening, we should control our own positions when operating, instead of operating in Man Cang like stock trading. Also keep track of the market in time, and you can't just buy it like buying stocks.

Extended data

1, the reason for short futures.

(1) Heavy warehouse operation

Futures trading usually adopts highly leveraged operation, which increases investors' chances of getting higher returns, but if it is operated in large quantities, it will also greatly increase the risk of short positions. Therefore, the position management of futures trading is very important, and light warehouse operation can effectively share risks.

(2) Failure to stop loss in time

When the loss reaches the stop loss point, it is necessary to quit decisively. The consequence of not stopping the loss in time is usually a loss.

2, futures wear positions

Futures trading refers to the risk that the customer's equity in the customer's account is negative, that is, the customer not only loses all the margin in the account before opening the position, but also owes money to the futures company. Because futures have a margin system, when the investor's margin is insufficient, the futures company will generally force the liquidation, so it is rare for futures to hold positions.

But due to some special circumstances, investors' futures will be short. For example, in the case of drastic market fluctuations, investors' positions may soon be sealed on the daily limit. If they are short under the action of inertia the next day, they may be short.