Difference:
(1) One is that the theme is different. Commodities are made in kind, and stock indexes are indexes.
(2) Different delivery methods. Stock indexes are settled in cash and commodity futures are delivered in kind.
(3) The storage methods are also different. When you are doing commodity futures, once you encounter spot delivery, the first thing you encounter is spot sales. For example, if you were a buyer, who would you sell this to? One is the problem of sales channels, the other is the problem of quality. At the same time, there is storage, which really takes up space and freight. It's all money, just a handful of money. This is a very different place.
Commodity futures are mainly used to avoid the risk of commodity prices, while stock index futures avoid the risk of possible stock portfolio evolution. Commodity futures focus on supply and demand. Stock index futures mainly emphasize the study of the whole macroeconomic situation. Now, the economic situation in China is quite good.
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There are many risks in futures, such as market risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, legal risk and operational risk.
The investment concept depends on the purpose of your transaction. If it is hedging, then the basic analysis is given priority to, and the technical analysis is basically unnecessary. If it is speculation, then basic analysis and technical analysis are equally important.
I don't know much about futures software. Hang Seng System and Fuyuan System should be commonly used. Technical analysis is consistent with that of stocks.
When you do futures, you must first understand the risks of futures, and then learn the fundamentals of the futures you want to trade. It is normal to invest a small amount of money and pay tuition.