This topic examines the knowledge points of futures trading.

The purpose of futures trading:

1 hedge. Its basic practice is to buy or sell a certain kind of securities in the securities market first, and then sell or buy this kind of securities in the form of futures, so as to prevent losses caused by price changes of similar securities through long and short trading.

2 speculation. Because the prices of futures trading and spot trading are often inconsistent, investors can make use of long trading and short trading to speculate on securities.