1. Margin trading means that investors borrow securities from brokers and sell them with funds or securities as collateral, and within the agreed time limit, they buy the same number and variety of securities and return them to brokers and pay the corresponding margin fees. For example, if an investor thinks that the stock index of a stock is too high, and that the stock is going to decline, he borrows 1, shares from a brokerage firm at the price of RMB/share and sells them in the market. When the stock falls to 15 yuan/share, he buys back 1, shares from the market and returns them to the brokerage firm. In this way, Xiaoming can earn 16, yuan from it without considering the expenses and interest.
2. Stock index futures are a normal short-selling operation. The threshold of stock index futures for individual funds is 5, yuan, and there are also conditions such as simulated trading in the early stage, so there are more institutional participants, while the conditions of corporate customers have a capital requirement of 1 million yuan. Stock index futures can be traded in T+, unlimited times and in both directions. In the case of market decline, if the judgment is accurate, it can earn a lot. Since both securities lending and stock index futures are leveraged, the expected annualized expected return is high, and once the short judgment is wrong, the loss will be very large.
3. Short A-share options are only SSE 5ETF options. Generally, in addition to meeting the capital threshold of 5, yuan, investors must have experience in financial futures trading and financial futures trading. Colleagues also need to take the first, second and third level option qualification examinations respectively. Because the requirements for investors are relatively high, this short-selling model has not yet formed a scale. The above three are common ways to short A shares. A shares have risen steadily, and it is extremely unlikely that A shares will be shorted. It is better for investors to choose stable investment.