Futures investment is a trading method relative to spot trading, which is developed on the basis of spot trading. The object of futures trading is not the commodity (subject matter) itself, but the standardized contract of the commodity (subject matter), that is, the standardized forward contract.

Compared with spot oil, oil futures have the disadvantages of huge risk, large amount of funds, high handling fees and taxes, requiring investors to have enough experience and moderate risk of being controlled in the market. Therefore, the way of futures investment is gradually declining in China.