Gold futures, like other futures commodities, adopt the original margin trading system and will be adjusted with the changes of market conditions, which can be divided into gold futures and mini gold futures; The contract specifications of gold futures are larger, and the requirements for initial margin are higher than those of mini gold futures. Take the gold futures of NYMEX in June 5438+ 10, 2004 as an example. The original deposit was $2,025, which translated into NT$ 67,000. For the mini gold futures of CBOT, the margin is only 450 yuan dollars, that is, about NT$10.5 million yuan (about the price of one tael of gold), and the gold value of the contract specification is 33.2 ounces (about 25 taels). Gold futures have the characteristics of high financial leverage, high liquidity and long-short operation, which can provide a good investment and hedging channel for ordinary investors and those who hold a large amount of gold spot (such as banks). However, it is not a good idea to invest in gold and directly hold gold bars, because spot gold has some shortcomings such as difficulty in preservation and inconvenience in carrying. Besides, besides attracting gangsters to covet, it is not so easy to keep a large number of gold bars at home at any time. If you need temporary use of funds, it will not be so easy to sell your gold immediately.

Domestic gold futures are owned by Shanghai Futures Exchange,

Generally choose online trading, which is convenient and fast.

Futures trading should be careful not to operate against the trend, to follow the trend, try to do less short-term intraday operations, and control positions, not more than 70% to 80%.

I think the key to gold futures trading is to follow the trend and never operate against the trend.

To control the position, if the position is heavy, the ability to resist the risk of price fluctuation is small.

There is also trying not to do short-term in the day, but to do long-term in line with the trend.

Don't chase after the ups and downs. You can go to the professional gold futures network to see more professional knowledge.

That is, if you buy a contract, the content of the contract is to deliver a certain amount of gold to you within a certain period of time (for example, give you100g of gold in June), and the price is determined by market fluctuations.

What you have to pay is not the price of100g of gold, but the deposit of 10%, which means you can buy a complete contract for only one tenth of the price. When the market goes up and you choose a bullish contract, you can sell it at a profit, as simple as that.

Unlike the stock market, if you are bullish on futures, it is called long, buy and open positions; Being short is called shorting, selling and opening positions. If your forecast rises and falls in step with the market, then you will make money; Inconsistent, then you lose.

There are also concepts such as liquidation, margin, and multiple short positions. It is suggested that the landlord should lay a solid foundation first, then operate with futures simulation software, and then enter the market.

Futures are more risky than the stock market, so be careful.