Futures are mainly not commodities, but standardized tradable contracts with cotton, soybeans, oil and other popular products and financial assets such as stocks and bonds as the target. Therefore, the subject matter can be commodities (such as gold, crude oil and agricultural products) or financial instruments.

The delivery date of futures can be one week later, one month later, three months later or even one year later. A contract or agreement to buy or sell futures is called a futures contract. The place where futures are bought and sold is called the futures market. Investors can invest or speculate in futures.

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Investment risk:

1, leverage risk

The capital amplification function magnifies both income and risk. Therefore, how to use the lever of 10 times and how much to use it will also vary from person to person. A higher level can use more than five times or even enough leverage. If those with lower levels also use high leverage, it will undoubtedly make the risk out of control.

2. Strong peace and explosion

Exchanges and futures brokerage companies have to settle accounts every trading day. When the investor's margin is insufficient and below the specified proportion, the futures company will forcibly close the position. Sometimes, if the market is extreme, there will even be short positions, that is, all the funds in the account are lost, and even the futures company needs to pay the part whose losses exceed the account margin.

3. Delivery risk

Ordinary investors do not want to buy more soybeans in a few months, nor do they want to sell copper in a few months. If the contract is held until the delivery date, investors need to collect enough funds or goods for delivery (the payment is about 10 times of the deposit).

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