Futures also have a place in the investment market. If investors intend to buy and sell futures, they must first open a futures account before they can trade in the futures market, and futures trading will involve the issue of margin.

Do both buyers and sellers of futures have to pay a deposit?

Yes, both buyers and sellers of futures need to pay margin, because it is stipulated that futures trading needs margin, and futures trading includes buying futures and selling futures. Futures contracts are margin transactions and must be settled every day.

When buying and selling futures contracts, both parties need to pay a small sum of money to the clearing house as a performance bond, which is called a deposit. Buying a contract for the first time is called building a long position, and selling a contract for the first time is called building a short position. Then, the contract at hand should be settled daily, that is, the market should be marked daily.

There is no uniform standard for futures margin, and the margin is charged according to the trading variety, ranging from several thousand yuan to several hundred thousand yuan, and the margin is divided into settlement reserve and trading margin. The settlement reserve is the unoccupied margin of the contract, and the trading margin is the occupied margin of the position contract.

Margin refers to the funds paid in accordance with the prescribed standards for settlement and performance guarantee. Both long futures and short futures need to pay margin. In order to stabilize the interests of both parties, that is to say, investors must conduct futures trading under supervision.