The so-called futures generally refers to futures contracts, which are standardized contracts made by futures exchanges and agreed to deliver a certain number of commodities at a specific time and place in the future. The spot corresponding to the futures contract can be a commodity, such as copper or crude oil.

Futures include metal futures, including copper, zinc and aluminum, and agricultural products futures include soybeans, corn, wheat, soybean meal, soybean oil, cotton and sugar.

Benefits of participating in futures:

Investors' Interests-Personal Financial Products

For investors, technical analysis and fundamental information can be combined to predict the future trend of commodity prices, and price fluctuations can be used to obtain profits.

Examples of personal investment and financial management:

For example, 1: Now in March, the copper futures price is 63,000 yuan/ton. According to technical analysis and fundamental information, it is predicted that the copper price will rise to 70,000 yuan/ton in May. In this way, investors can buy 65,438+00 tons of copper futures contracts in March and sell 65,438+00 tons of copper futures contracts in May. In this way, they can make a profit of 70 thousand yuan and earn the difference.

Ex. 2: Now in September, the metal copper futures price is 85,000 yuan/ton. According to technical analysis and fundamental information, it is predicted that metal copper futures will fall by 70,000 yuan/ton in February next year. In this way, investors can sell 10 tons of copper in September futures and buy 10 tons in February next year. It is equivalent to selling goods at a high price.