Electronic spot refers to all kinds of basic agricultural products, precious metals, chemical raw materials, industrial raw materials and other actual commodities traded through online trading platforms. The biggest feature of electronic spot trading is that it is efficient and fast, and both parties can communicate directly online, which also improves the transparency and accuracy of trading. At present, the domestic electronic spot market mainly includes Shanghai Futures Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange and Dalian Commodity Exchange.

Futures refers to the price adjustment of a commodity in a certain period of time in the future according to national standards or established norms, as well as the sales contract based on this price adjustment. The futures market is an important part of China's financial market. It has many functions such as price discovery, risk trading and risk prevention, and is widely used by traders, manufacturing enterprises, financial institutions and other users.

There are great differences between electronic spot and futures in function and application, but they are also related and reasonably complementary in use. In real life, many large electronic spot trading companies also actively participate in the futures market, making use of the advantages of the futures market to operate stably, and at the same time injecting more vitality and vitality into the development of the futures market. Generally speaking, electronic spot and futures are indispensable parts of financial market, and their coordinated development will play a positive role in promoting the healthy development of national economy.