How to open a futures option account

Futures and options are common financial investment products, but because of their high risks, the participants are not as extensive as funds, bonds and stocks. Where do investors want to open an account if they are going to invest in futures and options?

1. Futures

Futures is a concept corresponding to spot. Spot is a commodity that can be actually traded in the current period, while futures are a commodity that is agreed to be traded in the future. With the development of futures, it is not the commodity itself that is traded, but the standardized tradable contract, that is, the price difference is directly settled when the contract expires.

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Option is an option, and the option contract gives the holder the right to buy or sell assets at a fixed price on or before a specific date.

The buyer of call option and put option needs to pay a certain option fee to the seller. If the future is good for the buyer, they can exercise it; If it is unfavorable, they will not be able to exercise it. The biggest loss for the buyer is the option fee.

As the subject matter of futures and options, there are "commodities" and "financial products", in which commodities include hot coils, threads and plastics, and financial products include bonds, stocks and stock indexes.

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1 futures account

Futures trading is mainly conducted in futures exchanges. At present, there are six futures exchanges in China, namely Shanghai Futures Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, China Financial Futures Exchange, Shanghai Energy Futures Exchange and Guangzhou Futures Exchange.

If you want to invest in futures, you need to open an account in a "futures company". At present, there are more than 100 futures companies officially registered in China, such as yongan futures and galaxy futures. We just need to choose one of them.

Investors who meet the requirements of futures investment can generally choose to handle it at the online or offline business outlets of futures companies.

2. Option account opening

Options are also mainly traded on exchanges. At present, options are traded on Shanghai Stock Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange and Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange.

If you want to invest in options, you need to open an account in a "futures company" or a "securities company", but the handling fee for futures companies is lower.

Options have strict account opening conditions, such as the amount of funds to be opened is not less than 500,000 yuan, while futures are not limited to funds except stock index futures.

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