Answer: (1) Meaning. Commodity futures is a kind of futures contract with physical goods as the subject matter, which is a standardized agreement about buying and selling a certain number of physical goods on an agreed date in the future at the price agreed at the time of signing.

(2) characteristics; (1) small stroke; ② Two-way transaction; ③ Time limit; (4) actual profit and loss; ⑤ The risk is huge.