Let's talk about the delivery of commodity futures.
As a natural person, except for some varieties in Shanghai, most varieties are impossible to deliver, or even enter the delivery month. For example, A 1 109, that is, the soybeans of Dashang, 1 1 will be delivered in September. When the delivery month approaches, the futures company will remind you that a natural person cannot enter the delivery month when a certain variety approaches, otherwise the liquidation will be forced, and the loss will go to the individual and the profit will go to your exchange. In this case, no one will enter the delivery month, right?
It can be seen that there is no need to worry about being forced to deliver the goods without a deal.
In addition, there is no need to worry about the physical delivery problem caused by insufficient trading volume. Because of the main varieties that are usually operated, there are hundreds of transactions every second, or even more. For example, A 1205 (Dalian Soybean 1205) sold more than 550,000 lots today, while Ru 120 1 (Shanghai Rubber) sold more than103,000 lots. The trading volume of the current main variety decreases, so the trading volume of the next main variety will come up. When the time comes, you will also do that new main contract, such as A 1205, and the trading volume of the next main contract A 1209 will come up, so you will trade A 1209.
Of course, if you open an account as a legal person and want to deliver the goods, that is another way of saying it.
Futures contract: Only when you have money can you open a position. At this point, the futures contract is automatically generated in the computer host of the exchange. Therefore, the position of futures contracts is uncertain. This is not the same as stocks! For example, there are 100000000000000000 shares in circulation, so, no matter who buys and sells them, this1000000000000000 shares will not change when they are listed. Similarly, the position of A shares is/kloc-0 100000000000 shares. . The future can really change. For example, A 1205 (Dalian Soybean 65438+May 2002 Contract) held about 392,000 lots today, and added-32,758 lots every day, that is, the number of short positions was about 33,000 less than yesterday, that is, it held about 42,500 lots yesterday!
How to trade: it is recommended to open a futures account, but note: don't trade immediately, just be familiar with trading software and quotation software. As long as you open an account, you know how to trade:
Unlike stocks, stocks can only be sold after they are bought (at least most of them are), that is, they are long, so the stock trading software only has buy and sell buttons.
Futures software will let you choose whether to buy, open (long) or sell or open (short).
In fact, these things are clear at a glance.