(1) Rights and obligations: Give the futures contract parties corresponding rights and obligations, which can only be exercised on the maturity date. The option contract only gives the buyer rights, and the seller has no rights but corresponding obligations.

(2) Standardization: Futures contracts are standardized, but option contracts are not necessarily.

(3) Profit and loss risk: The profit and loss risk borne by both parties in futures trading is infinite, while the profit and loss risk borne by both parties in options trading depends on the situation (bullish or bearish).

(4) Margin: Both the buyer and the seller of futures trading have to pay margin, and the buyer of options does not have to pay it.

(5) Buy-sell matching: When the futures contract expires, the buyer must buy the underlying assets, and the seller must sell the underlying assets, while the option contract depends on the situation (bullish or bearish).

(6) Hedging: Futures transfer both unfavorable risks and favorable risks, while options only transfer unfavorable risks and keep favorable risks for themselves.