It is very simple to operate silver futures. First, traders need to open a futures account with a futures company. After opening a futures account and depositing money, they can operate silver futures normally. Silver futures are a variety listed on listed futures exchanges. Trading code: ag, belongs to ordinary commodity futures. There is no capital threshold requirement for opening a futures account, and it is also free. Investors only need to meet the margin of the first-hand variety to trade.
Silver can be called Shanghai Silver. When investors trade Shanghai Silver Futures, they will only generate handling fees and margins. Here is a brief explanation of the calculation formulas for Shanghai Silver Futures handling fees and margins. Please take a look. :
Huyin futures handling fees are calculated based on the proportional value, contract price * trading unit * handling fee ratio.
According to the rules of the futures exchange, the handling fee for opening a position is charged at 1/10,000. The handling fee that investors need to pay when opening a first-hand silver futures position is: 4391*15*1/10,000=3.3 yuan. Silver futures handling fees are charged bilaterally, and closing positions also require handling fees. Therefore, the handling fee for an investor's intraday transaction is 3.33.3 = 6.6 yuan.
The calculation method of Huyin futures margin is based on: contract price * trading unit * margin ratio.
Assuming that the current contract price of silver futures is: 4391 yuan per kilogram, the trading unit is 15 kilograms per lot, and according to the rules of the Shanghai Exchange, the margin ratio is charged according to 12, then the above formula is used as an investor The funds required to buy one hand of silver are: 4391*15*12=7903.8 yuan.
The specific process of opening a silver futures account is as follows:
1. To open an account, you need to be between 18 and 70 years old, have no bad credit record, and are not futures practitioners or personnel from government agencies.
2. Prepare in advance the original ID card, bank card, and handwritten signature photo (signature in black ink pen).
3. Download the futures company software, real-name registration and certification
4. Upload the front and back of the ID card, a handwritten signature photo, and fill in your personal detailed address. The risk test needs to reach C3 or above.
5. Upload the front of the bank card and face video for verification, pending review.
6. After signing the bank futures contract, you can trade the next day.
In addition, silver futures are bought and sold in the form of contracts. To put it simply, a sales contract is signed at a specified price. When you are long on the contract, you will make a profit if the contract price rises. When you are short on the contract, you will make a profit if the price falls. ;The opposite situation is loss.
Before the futures contract expires, if investors find that the price rises or falls, they can go long, short or close their positions. For many ordinary individual investors, most of them choose this kind of speculation. If you insist on waiting until the contract expires, it will involve the issue of physical delivery.