1. Crude oil futures.
Domestic crude oil futures have been listed on the Shanghai Futures Exchange. The trading unit of Shanghai crude oil futures is 1000 barrels per hand, and the minimum trading margin is 5%. The futures account threshold of Shanghai crude oil is relatively high, with an account capital threshold of 500,000 yuan.
Second, paper crude oil.
Paper crude oil is crude oil that does not involve physical transactions, and paper crude oil is also called account crude oil. Many banks have paper crude oil varieties, which can be traded in both directions, and the trading threshold is much lower than that of crude oil futures.
Third, the crude oil fund.
There are many domestic crude oil funds that track foreign crude oil price indexes or related asset indexes, mainly including Southern Crude Oil, Jiashi Crude Oil, Huabao Oil and Gas, Yifangda Crude Oil and Huaan Standard & Poor's Crude Oil.
Crude oil investment, namely oil investment, is an important international investment project. Domestic individuals mainly participate in crude oil investment through cooperation with institutional members of oil exchanges. There are four main investment methods in the world: spot investment, futures investment, futures indexed investment and energy stock investment; At present, China mainly supports spot investment.
The main domestic investment methods are spot investment and futures investment.
First, spot investment.
First of all, it implements the T+0 trading system, and can do many hands repeatedly every day. Leverage to improve the utilization rate of investors' funds; With the two-way trading mechanism of buying up and buying down, there are investment opportunities regardless of price rise and fall. The biggest advantage is that the risk is smaller, the market is easy to grasp, and there are more profit opportunities, which is most suitable for investors who pursue a stable style.
This investment method was mainly used between large institutions in the early days. From February 20 14, after Beijing Petroleum Exchange opened the channel for individuals to make spot investments, individuals can make investments through cooperation with institutional members within North Petroleum Institute.
Spot oil trading refers to a trading method in which buyers and sellers make real-time or short-term delivery of physical oil according to the agreed payment method and delivery method for the purpose of selling physical oil. In spot trading, with the transfer of commodity ownership, the exchange and circulation of oil entities are completed at the same time. Therefore, oil spot trading is a direct manifestation of oil commodity management. Oil spot trading is a widely used and concerned trading method in the world, especially in economically developed countries.
Spot trading is a transaction between big banks, and it is also a transaction between big banks acting as agents for big customers. After the transaction is concluded, the payment and delivery of funds shall be completed within two working days at the latest. However, the delivery time can be extended continuously.
2. Futures investment.
Futures investment is a trading method relative to spot trading, which is developed on the basis of spot trading. An organized trading method for buying and selling standardized futures contracts on futures exchanges. The object of futures trading is not the commodity (subject matter) itself, but the standardized contract of the commodity (subject matter), that is, the standardized forward contract.
This investment method can also be adopted by ordinary investors, mainly for direct futures trading. Advantages are leverage, long position and short position, flexible operation and good liquidity. The disadvantage is that the risk is huge, the amount of funds is used more, and investors need to have enough experience. Therefore, the way of futures investment is gradually declining in China.