Stock index futures is a kind of financial futures market, which refers to the futures contract transaction of delivering a certain number of stock indexes at an agreed price at a certain point in the future according to the contract. The subject matter of stock index futures market is usually major stock indexes, such as Shanghai Stock Exchange Index, Shenzhen Stock Exchange Index and Hang Seng Index.
The main participants in stock index futures trading include speculators and hedgers. Speculators earn the difference by trading stock index futures contracts, hoping to profit from market fluctuations; In order to avoid market risk, hedgers transfer the price risk of physical assets such as stocks to the futures market.
The trading hours of the stock index futures market are usually the normal trading hours on weekdays, with large trading volume and strong volatility, which can provide investors with rich investment opportunities, but at the same time, it is also facing the challenge of high risk and leverage effect, which requires investors to fully understand the market and risks and formulate reasonable trading strategies.