Problem description:

For example: how to open an account in a futures exchange? Which futures trading brokerage company has a soft spot for financial futures?

Another example: how can ordinary investors effectively avoid risks?

Analysis:

How to buy and sell stock index futures and trading

Our current stock market is a one-sided market. When the stock market goes up, everyone makes money, and when it goes down, everyone loses money helplessly. The emergence of stock index futures will make the stock market a bilateral market. No matter whether the stock market is up or down, as long as the forecast is accurate, you can make money. So for individuals, the stock index futures market will be a very promising market.

First, when individual investors predict the rise of the stock market, they can buy stocks to increase their positions, or they can buy stock index futures contracts. When the prediction is accurate, both methods are profitable. In contrast, the transaction cost of buying and selling stock index futures is relatively cheap. Second, when individual investors predict that the stock market will fall, they can sell the existing stock spot or stock index futures contracts. Selling the spot is to turn the previous book profit into actual profit, which is a liquidation behavior. When the stock market really falls, it can no longer be profitable. Selling stock index futures contracts is a correct prediction of the future and a profit, and it is a kind of opening behavior. Because of the short selling mechanism, when the stock market falls, even if there is no stock in hand, you can make a profit by selling stock index futures contracts. Third, for long-term investors who hold stocks, or investors who cannot sell stocks for some reason, when they are pessimistic about the short-term market prospects, they can continue to hold positions in the spot market by selling stock index futures, while locking in profits and transferring risks.

There are many benefits of buying and selling stock index futures that cannot be obtained by buying and selling individual stocks. Individual investors are often worried about the difficulty of stock selection, without insider information reference and full and comprehensive technical analysis and fundamental analysis; Compared with institutional investors, it is also at an absolute disadvantage in terms of funds. Therefore, it is a good choice to obtain the average profit synchronized with the market, and its specific method is securities indexation. Buying and selling stock index futures is equivalent to securities indexation, which is in sync with the market; In addition, buying and selling stock index futures also disperses the risk of individual stocks, and really does not put eggs in one basket.

Individual investors want to trade stock index futures. First, they should choose a reputable futures brokerage company to open a personal account. The account opening procedure includes three aspects. First of all, after reading and understanding the risk statement of futures trading, they should sign the statement. The second is to sign a futures brokerage contract with a futures brokerage company to obtain the customer code; The third is to deposit the deposit for opening an account, and you can place an order for trading after opening an account.

Different from spot stock trading, stock index futures trading implements margin system. Assume that the margin of stock index futures contract is 10%, and the value of each point is 100 yuan. If you buy a primary stock index futures contract at 1500, the contract value is150,000 yuan. The deposit is 15000 yuan multiplied by 10%, which is equal to 15000 yuan. This deposit is the customer's performance bond and must be paid as a position guarantee. If the futures index of the next day rises to 1550 points, the customer's performance bond is 15500 yuan, with a profit of 50 points and a value of 5000 yuan. The profit and loss will be settled on the same day, and the 5 thousand yuan will be transferred to the customer's fund account after the settlement on the same day. This is the daily debt-free settlement system. Similarly, if there is a loss, it must be settled on the same day.

The main factors affecting individual investors' participation in stock index futures trading are contract value and standardization of futures market. The greater the contract value, the fewer individual investors will participate. The standardization of the market makes the risk of non-market smaller, which will improve the enthusiasm of investors to participate in futures market transactions.