Futures trading does not require a license. You can open a futures account in a futures company for trading. Generally speaking, companies as investors do not need administrative or regulatory permission to participate in futures trading.

Some state-owned enterprises need the approval of the group or the competent department to participate in futures trading. See the relevant regulations of the Group or the competent department for details.

Futures generally refer to futures contracts, not specific commodities, but contracts that must be fulfilled one day in the future. They are standardized contracts formulated and stipulated by the futures exchange. The contents of the contracts are unified, but the contract prices will change with market factors. The "goods" corresponding to the contract are called the subject matter and are embodied by contract symbols. Futures can be divided into agricultural products, metals, energy, foreign exchange, interest rates, stocks and other categories according to the different contract targets. The first three are all physical objects, and the last three are financial indicators, which are generally called financial futures.