Gold futures refer to futures contracts with the gold price in the international gold market as the transaction target at a certain time in the future. The profit and loss of investors buying and selling gold futures is measured by the difference between the time of entry and exit, and the physical delivery is made after the contract expires.

Gold futures, like other futures commodities, adopt the original margin trading system and will be adjusted with the changes of market conditions, which can be divided into gold futures and mini gold futures; The contract specifications of gold futures are larger, and the requirements for initial margin are higher than those of mini gold futures.

The trading contents of most gold futures markets in the world are basically similar, mainly including margin, contract unit, delivery month, minimum fluctuation limit, futures delivery, commission, daily trading volume and commission order.