Buying futures refers to buying futures index, and stock index futures is a common futures index. The collateral of stock index futures is the corresponding stock index value, and the quotation company of stock index futures is calculated at the index value point. The value of a contract is expressed by multiplying a contract multiplier with the quoted price of the stock index value. The delivery of stock index futures is cash, not by clearing the stock price difference, but by clearing the trading position in cash. Buying futures refers to this.

Futures index delivery date

As far as futures contracts are concerned, the delivery date refers to the final date of product delivery. In product futures trading, individual investors have no right to maintain their positions before the final delivery date. If you don't take the initiative to close your position, you will be forced to close your position by the exchange, and all the adverse effects will be borne by the investors themselves. Only the spot trading companies that apply to the exchange for hedging qualification and allow it can maintain their positions until the final delivery date and go through the delivery procedures, because they have hedging needs and qualifications.

Introduction to futures

Futures generally refer to futures contracts, mainly not specific commodities, but contracts that need to be executed one day in the future. They are standardized contracts drawn up and required by the exchange. The main contents of the contracts are unified, but the prices of the contracts will change with the changes of the sales market factors. The "goods" related to the contract are called the subject matter and are indicated by contract marks. Futures can be divided into agricultural products, metal materials, electricity and energy, foreign exchange transactions, annual interest rates, stocks and other categories according to the different subject matter of the contract. The first three are all physical objects, and the last three are financial indicators, which are generally called financial futures. The object of user transactions is not the object itself, but the futures contract. The transaction price of a futures contract is not the same as the market price, but the future price change of the contract. Many futures investors are optimistic about the huge price difference that may occur in future futures contracts, so as to obtain profitable trading behavior. This article mainly writes about the significance and related knowledge points of buying futures index, and the content is for reference only.