1. floor trading: most options and futures transactions are floor trading with standardized contracts. It can hedge and close positions, and it is a train that can get off midway.
2. Over the counter or OTC: OTC market, also known as OTC market. Forward and swap are over-the-counter transactions, and both parties negotiate and sign an agreement separately. It must be delivered. You can't get off the plane halfway.
According to the product form, financial derivatives can be divided into three categories:
1. financial forward: a contract in which both parties agree to exchange financial assets at a certain price at a certain date in the future.
2. Financial futures: a contract signed by the buyer and the seller in the form of an organized transaction and public bidding to deliver a specific number of financial instruments at a specific time in the future.
3. Financial options: Both parties to the contract reach an agreement on whether to buy or sell financial instruments at the agreed price within the agreed date.
4. Financial swap: refers to a financial transaction in which two or more parties exchange a certain amount of currency at an agreed time according to the agreed terms.