1, with different definitions: generally speaking, a unilateral market means that consumers can only buy the products of one merchant on one platform, while a multilateral market means that consumers can see the products of multiple merchants on one platform, and all merchants compete with each other. A multilateral market is also called a bilateral market;

2. Different characteristics: the unilateral market has a linear relationship from merchants to consumers, while the multilateral market has a nonlinear relationship.

What do you mean by unilateral and bilateral futures?

1. Unilateral market: Unilateral in futures has three meanings. The first level means that the futures market is developing in one direction, the second level means that the futures market is free of handling fees, and the third level means the trading direction. Specifically, if investors can only choose one direction to trade in the market, that is to do more;

2. Multilateral market: The multilateral market in futures has two meanings. The first meaning is that investors can go long or short in the futures market, with dual choices. The second layer means that investors need to charge two handling fees when trading, that is, when opening and closing positions.