In the process of agricultural products management, products suitable for futures trading are:
(1) quality is easy to standardize. In futures trading, futures contracts often change hands many times before they finally enter physical delivery. Every time a futures contract changes hands, it is impossible for buyers and sellers to inspect the goods like spot trading.
(2) It can be preserved for a long time and is suitable for transportation.
(3) The spot market of futures commodities should have a large capacity, and the price fluctuates violently and frequently.
(4) The spot market of futures commodities should be relatively developed, and there is no monopolistic behavior.
Generally speaking, only commodities with the above characteristics can be traded in futures.
(5) At present, futures commodities are divided into four categories: agricultural and forestry products, metals, energy and financial products. According to their different natural properties, they can be divided into 10 subcategories, namely, cereals, oilseeds and their products, livestock products, food and beverages, fibers, forest products, metals, energy, foreign exchange and interest rate products, and indexes.
With the development of social economy, futures products will continue to innovate.
Extended data:
Futures varieties
Agricultural products are the earliest commodities that constitute futures trading. Including:
1, grain futures, mainly wheat futures, corn futures, soybean futures, soybean meal futures, red bean futures, rice futures, peanut futures and so on;
2 cash crop futures, including raw sugar, coffee, cocoa, orange juice, palm oil and rapeseed futures;
3. Livestock products futures, mainly including meat products and fur products;
4. Forest products futures, mainly timber futures and natural rubber futures.
American exchanges, especially the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), are the main centers of agricultural futures.
Baidu encyclopedia-agricultural products futures