The subject matter of futures trading is commodities or futures contracts, and the subject matter of option trading is the right to buy and sell options of commodities or futures contracts.

The option is a one-way contract, and the buyer of the option can perform or not perform option contracts's rights after paying the insurance premium, without having to bear the obligation; Futures contracts are two-way contracts, and both parties to the transaction

They are all obliged to deliver futures contracts at maturity. If you are unwilling to actually deliver, you must hedge within the validity period.

Both buyers and sellers of futures contracts must pay a certain amount of performance bond; In option trading, the buyer does not need to pay the performance bond, but only asks the seller to pay the performance bond to show that he has other tools.

Have the corresponding financial resources to fulfill option contracts.

The cash flow of options and futures is different. In option trading, the buyer has to pay royalties to the seller, which is the price of the option; An option contract is negotiable, and its price will change with the price of the underlying asset.

In futures trading, both buyers and sellers have to pay a certain percentage of the initial margin of the face value of the futures contract, and during the trading period, they have to collect additional margin from the loss party according to the price change, so that the profit can withdraw the excess margin.