The so-called "futures investor education" (hereinafter referred to as "investor education") refers to various activities carried out by members of China Futures Association (namely futures companies) aimed at investors in the futures market, such as popularizing basic futures knowledge, publicizing policies and regulations, revealing market risks, and guiding investors to protect their rights according to law.

Its purpose is to let investors fully understand the characteristics and risks of futures trading, be familiar with the laws and regulations of futures market, enhance the awareness of risk prevention and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests according to law. At the same time, it helps the public to understand the function and role of the futures market, consciously maintain the market order and promote the standardized development of the futures market.

Its task: to carry out investor education, the main task is to "fully explain the risks and rules", fulfill the obligation of product notification and risk warning, so that investors can fully understand the principle of "the buyer is responsible" and be responsible for the futures trading results.

The future in English is the future, which evolved from the word "future". It means that both parties to the transaction don't have to deliver the physical object in the early stage of the transaction, but agree to deliver the physical object at some time in the future, so China people call it "futures". Specifically, you can Baidu.

A good futures company can Baidu the "ranking of futures companies". It is audited by the CSRC and is relatively authoritative. At present, China International Futures Co., Ltd. ranks first and seems to be the futures company with the most outlets.