Transaction object of financial futures: As a kind of futures, financial futures has the general characteristics of futures, but compared with commodity futures, its contract transaction object is not physical commodities, but traditional financial commodities, such as securities, currency and interest rates.

Financial futures refers to a binding standardized contract in which both parties buy and sell a financial instrument at an agreed time and price in the financial market. Futures contracts with financial instruments as the subject matter. Financial futures are generally divided into three categories: currency futures, interest rate futures and index futures.

There are three kinds of financial futures: currency futures, interest rate futures and index futures. The varieties listed on the exchanges mainly include:

1. Currency futures: mainly including futures contracts such as euro, pound, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Japanese yen and RMB.

Main trading places: Chicago Mercantile Exchange International Money Market Branch, China-US Mercantile Exchange, Philadelphia Futures Exchange, etc.

2. Interest rate futures: short-term US Treasury futures, medium-term US Treasury futures, long-term US Treasury futures, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed securities, etc.

Main trading places: Chicago Board of Trade, International Money Market Department of Chicago Mercantile Exchange, China-US Commodity Exchange.

3. Stock index futures: Standard & Poor's 500 Stock Price Composite Index (S&; P

500), new york Stock Exchange Stock Price Composite Index (NYCE Composite Index), Major Market Index (MMI) and Value Line Composite Stock Price Average Index (Value

Line composite index), in addition to Japan's Nikkei index (NIKI) and Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong Futures Exchange).

Main trading places: Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, new york Stock Exchange and Kansas City Futures Exchange.

More attention: network links