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What is securities futures?
Securities and futures trading is a transaction of selling or buying securities at the current price with a specific date in the future as the delivery date.

Its characteristics are as follows: (1) Even if investors in futures trading do not have enough funds or securities, they can buy and sell more securities as long as they pay a small margin; (2) Through hedging transactions, sell and buy futures before the delivery date, and only settle the difference. ?

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The characteristics are as follows: Futures trading is obviously speculative. The buyer doesn't really buy securities, and the seller doesn't necessarily own securities. They often bet on the rise and fall of the stock market: when the price of securities rises, buyers will bring more benefits with less capital; When the price of securities falls, the seller will get more benefits. Therefore, the possibility of this meager profit is very attractive to both buyers and sellers. Because when the delivery date comes, the settlement only needs to pay the price difference of market fluctuation, and buyers and sellers can make huge profits through "short selling" and "short selling". The United States first opened its securities and futures trading market in June 1975 and June 10, followed by Western Europe, Japan and other countries.

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