Trading settlement members provide their own settlement and are also qualified as brokers. Banks that provide settlement services for futures companies can apply to become settlement members of the gold exchange because they have sufficient funds to guarantee them, charge settlement fees and bear settlement risks, but they do not participate in futures trading themselves. Members of other domestic futures exchanges are divided into brokerage members and self-operated members, all of which settle accounts by themselves.
Futures trading is an advanced trading method based on spot trading and forward contract trading. In order to transfer the risk of market price fluctuation, it refers to the form of buying and selling futures contracts in an open competition on commodity exchanges through brokers.
Futures, usually futures contracts, are contracts. A standardized contract made by a futures exchange to deliver a certain amount of subject matter at a specific time and place in the future. This subject matter, also known as the underlying asset, 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. Futures trading is an inevitable product of the development of market economy to a certain stage.
Futures trading is the activity or behavior of buying and selling futures contracts. Pay attention to the difference. Futures delivery is another concept. Futures delivery is the exchange activity or behavior of the subject matter (basic assets) stipulated in the futures contract on the maturity date.