1. For some common varieties such as soybean, corn, soybean meal, sugar, cotton, methanol, fuel oil and asphalt, investors only need a few thousand to trade; For Shanghai copper, gold, silver and coke, these varieties may need tens of thousands of funds, while for some crude oil futures and stock index futures, the threshold requirements are higher. Investors need 500,000 yuan to apply for a celebration account separately.
2. impure socks in futures are the same as stocks. Investors can conduct two-way trading, that is, investors can go long or short. With the margin system, investors can be poor and will explode because of the wrong direction. Therefore, when trading futures, investors should arrange their positions reasonably according to their own funds, set up take profit and stop loss, and try to avoid the risk of short positions.
1, futures, the English name is futures, which is completely different from the spot. Spot is actually a tradable commodity. Futures are not commodities, but standardized tradable contracts based on specific commodities such as cotton, soybeans and oil and financial assets such as stocks and bonds. Therefore, the subject matter can be commodities (such as gold, crude oil and agricultural products) or financial instruments.
2. 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 traded is called the futures market. Investors can invest or speculate in futures.
3. Contract: A standardized contract uniformly formulated by the futures exchange, which stipulates to deliver a certain quantity and quality of the subject matter at a specific time and place in the future. Futures commission: equivalent to the commission in the stock. For stocks, the cost of stock trading includes stamp duty, commission and transfer fees. Relatively speaking, the cost of engaging in futures trading is only the handling fee. Futures commission refers to the fees paid by futures traders according to a certain proportion of the total contract value after futures trading.
4. Characteristics of futures: The commodity variety, trading unit, contract month, margin, quantity, quality, grade, delivery time and delivery place of futures contracts are established and standardized, and the only variable is the price. The standards of futures contracts are usually designed by futures exchanges and listed after being approved by the state regulatory authorities. Futures contracts are concluded under the organization of the futures exchange and have legal effect, and prices are generated through public bidding in the trading hall of the exchange; Most foreign countries adopt public bidding, while China adopts computer trading. The performance of futures contracts is guaranteed by the exchange, and private transactions are not allowed. Futures contracts can fulfill or terminate contractual obligations through spot settlement or hedging transactions.