If investors want to invest in crude oil futures, they should first open an account with a futures company with futures trading qualifications recognized by the CSRC, apply to the futures company for opening the trading authority of crude oil futures after opening the account, and ensure that there are enough funds in the account to open long or short positions in crude oil futures, so as to conduct crude oil futures trading. Because crude oil futures adopt margin trading system, investors need to guard against investment risks carefully to prevent serious loss of principal or even additional margin payment due to excessive losses.
INE crude oil futures is the first open futures product in China. Crude oil futures are different from domestic futures in many aspects, such as platform construction, market participants and pricing methods. The biggest highlight and innovation of crude oil futures contract design can be summarized in seventeen words, namely "international platform, net price trading, bonded delivery and RMB pricing". China INE crude oil futures are 65,438+0,000 barrels in one hand, and the margin required for buying the first hand is about 20,000 RMB.
At present, the entry threshold for INE crude oil futures investment is relatively high. At present, after passing the risk assessment, it costs 500,000 yuan to open a crude oil futures trading account. In the process of investment, investors should also pay attention to carefully avoid investment risks.