2. The purpose is different. Futures trading does not encourage large-scale delivery, which is a pure speculation with price discovery as the means and profit spread as the purpose; Spot trading encourages a lot of delivery, and price discovery and physical transfer are the ultimate trading purposes.
3. The range of goods is different. The varieties of spot transactions are all commodities that enter circulation. The varieties of futures trading are limited, mainly agricultural products, oil, metal commodities and some primary raw materials and financial products.
The content of this article comes from: China Law Publishing House "General Knowledge Series of Legal Life"