Because European options can only be exercised at maturity and cannot be sold immediately after they are bought, the time value of European options can be less than 0.
Intrinsic value refers to the income that the bulls can get by executing the option contract immediately, that is, the income that you get by exercising the option immediately after buying it. When you buy an option, its intrinsic value has been determined and will not change with the passage of time and the change of the underlying asset price.
What is futures?
Futures is a trading method that spans time. By signing the contract, the buyer and the seller agree to deliver the specified quantity of spot at the specified time, price and other trading conditions.
Futures are concentrated in futures exchanges and traded through standardized contracts. Some futures contracts can be traded through over-the-counter trading, which is called over-the-counter contract. According to the types of subject matter, futures can be divided into commodity futures and financial futures.
Futures investment standards:
1. Strong funds and good reputation.
2. The communication tools are fast and advanced, and the service quality is good.
3. Be able to provide customers with various detailed market information on their own initiative.
4. Proactively introduce favorable trading opportunities to customers, have online guidance from a certain team of experts, and have a good business image and background.
Trading characteristics of futures:
bidirectional
One of the biggest differences between futures trading and stock market is that futures can be traded in both directions, and futures can be long or short. When the price rises, you can buy low and sell high, and when the price falls, you can sell high and make up low. Going long can make money, and shorting can also make money, so there is no bear market in futures. In a bear market, the stock market will be suppressed, while the futures market will remain unchanged and opportunities will still exist. )
low cost
Futures trading countries do not levy stamp duty and other taxes, and the only cost is the transaction fee. The procedures of the three domestic exchanges are about two ten thousandths or three ten thousandths, plus the additional fees of brokers, and the unilateral handling fee is less than one thousandth of the transaction amount. Low cost is the guarantee of success.
lever action
Leverage principle is the charm of futures investment. Futures market transactions do not need to pay all the funds, and domestic futures transactions only need to pay 5% margin to obtain future trading rights. Due to the use of margin, the original market has been enlarged ten times. Assuming that the daily limit of copper price closes on a certain day (the daily limit in futures is only 3% of the last trading day), the operation is correct. The return on capital is as high as 60%(3%÷5%), which is six times the daily limit of the stock market. (You can make money only if you have the opportunity)
Double the opportunity
Futures is a "T+0" transaction, which makes your capital use to the extreme. After grasping the trend, you can close your position at any time. (Easy access can increase the safety of investment)
Greater than negative market
Futures is a zero-sum market, and the futures market itself does not create profits. In a certain period of time, regardless of the transaction costs of capital entry and exit, the total amount of funds in the futures market remains unchanged, and the profits of market participants come from the losses of another trader. The stock market has entered a bear market, the market price has shrunk dramatically, the dividends are meager, the state and enterprises absorb funds, and there is no short-selling mechanism. The total amount of funds in the stock market will show negative growth for a period of time, and the total profit is less than the loss. (Zero is always greater than a negative number)
The comprehensive policy of the country, the needs of economic development and the characteristics of futures all determine that futures have huge development space. The full name of stock index futures is stock price index futures, which can also be called stock index futures and futures index. Refers to the standardized futures contract with the stock index as the target. The two sides agreed to buy and sell the underlying index on a specific date in the future according to the size of the stock index determined in advance. As a type of futures trading, stock index futures trading has basically the same characteristics and processes as ordinary commodity futures trading.