1. Individual investors;
2. Age: 18 years old, under 60 years old, with civil capacity;
3. Documents: Individual investors need to provide valid identity documents, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreigners need to provide copies of valid documents;
4. Institutional investors;
5. Age: 18 years old, under 60 years old, with civil capacity.
Gold futures are also called "gold futures contracts". Futures contracts with gold as the trading object. Like general futures contracts, gold futures contracts also include trading unit, quality grade, term, final maturity date, quotation method, delivery method, minimum price change range, daily price change limit and so on. According to the different units of measurement, gold futures contracts can generally be divided into two specifications. Take the Chicago Grain Exchange as an example. One is gold futures with a weight of 1 1,000g and a purity of 99. 5%, and the other is gold futures with a weight of 65,438+0,000 Moz and a purity of 99. 5%.
Gold futures are futures, just as stock investment needs to open an account in a securities company, so gold futures trading also needs to open an account in a futures company.
First of all, gold futures trading adopts a long-short two-way trading mechanism.
Secondly, gold futures trading meets the national standard GB/T4 134-2003, and the gold content is not less than 99.95%. In 2008, the Shanghai Stock Exchange stipulated that gold futures should be per lot1000g.
Thirdly, unlike T+ 1 trading in stock investment, gold futures are T+0 trading, that is, they can be sold on the day of purchase. No investment or financial management is guaranteed. Like stocks, gold trading has risks. So it is very important to learn basic knowledge.
After learning the basics, let's learn about the composition of the gold market. Like other commodities, the gold market is also composed of the most basic supply and demand sides, but gold is different from other commodities and its market structure is very complicated. There are not only gold suppliers and demanding enterprises and individuals, but also central banks, commercial banks and various investment institutions, as well as professional gold traders and brokers engaged in agency business.