1. Take small shares as an example: shares are fully traded, that is, you can only buy as many shares as you have, while futures is a margin system, that is, you only need to pay 5% to 10% to trade 100%. For example, if an investor has 1 10,000 yuan, he can buy 1000 shares if he buys1000 yuan, and he can clinch a commodity futures contract with110,000 yuan by investing in futures, that is, taking small bets and making big ones.
Second, two-way trading: stocks are one-way trading, and you can only buy stocks first before you can sell them; Futures can be bought or sold first, which is a two-way transaction.
3. Time limit: There is no time limit for stock trading. If the quilt can be closed for a long time, the futures must be delivered at maturity, otherwise the exchange will force the liquidation or physical delivery.
4. Actual gains and losses: The gains from stock investment are divided into two parts, one is the market price difference, and the other is dividends. The gains and losses from futures investment are the actual gains and losses in market transactions.
5. Huge risks: futures are characterized by high returns and high risks due to the restrictions of margin system, additional margin system and forced liquidation at maturity. In a sense, futures can make you rich overnight, or you may be penniless in an instant, so investors should invest carefully.
Concept of futures: The so-called futures generally refers to futures contracts, which are standardized contracts made by futures exchanges and agreed to deliver a certain number of subject matter at a specific time and place in the future. This subject matter, also called the underlying asset, is the spot corresponding to the futures contract. This spot can be a commodity, such as copper or crude oil, a financial instrument, such as foreign exchange and bonds, or a financial indicator, such as three-month interbank offered rate or stock index.
The broad concept of futures also includes option contracts traded on exchanges. Most futures exchanges list both futures and options.
The contents of a futures contract include: contract name, trading unit, quotation unit, minimum fluctuation price, maximum fluctuation limit of daily price, delivery month, trading time, last trading day, delivery date, delivery grade, delivery place, minimum trading margin, transaction cost, delivery method and trading code. Attachments to futures contracts have the same legal effect as futures contracts. This answer is reproduced on the Internet.