At present, there is no legal threshold for futures in the futures industry. In other words, this is basically the company's own understanding of risks and has set an appropriate level of working capital. In the past, when the futures market in China was unstable and immature, a capital threshold of 50,000 yuan was set for customers to take risks, especially when the market was big. At present, it is very convenient to deposit and withdraw money after bank-securities transfer, and there is no rigid requirement for futures account trading. But even so, futures cannot operate with low capital like stocks. Basically, the minimum capital is the margin for trading the lowest value futures contract plus about twice the maintenance margin.

For example, the contract between wheat and corn is the lowest value among futures varieties in China futures market. The price of a ton of wheat is about 1.900 yuan, and the price of a ton of corn is about 1.500 yuan. The minimum transaction order is the first hand, and both the first hand wheat and the first hand corn are 10 ton, so the total transaction amount is 1 respectively. 90,000 yuan 1. About 50,000 yuan, and now the futures market is basically 8% margin. Even if calculated by 10%, the minimum capital requirement for trading a first-class wheat contract is 1900 yuan, and that for trading a first-class corn contract is about 1500 yuan. However, if the deposit is doubled, the minimum capital requirements for opening an account are about 3,800 yuan and 3,000 yuan, which is about 50,000 yuan.

So if you have 5000 yuan, you can make futures contracts for wheat, corn and soybeans.

If the capital is around 50,000 yuan, you can basically trade all domestic agricultural varieties and energy futures.

If the capital is 654.38 million yuan, you can basically trade various domestic futures contracts.

The above does not mean that you must have these funds to do it, but that under a certain level of funds, the risk of trading these futures contracts will be relatively small and the trading strategies will be more.