Can CSI 500 Index do spot trading?

CSI 500 Index can't do spot trading.

The difference between spot and futures:

Spot trading and futures trading are very similar. Both transactions are T+0, and there is a short-selling mechanism, so the transaction is very flexible.

The main difference between it and futures is that futures are forward contracts, and there is no physical object, which can be enlarged; There are real goods in the spot transaction, usually 20% deposit.

CSI 500 stock index futures are standardized contracts with CSI 500 index as the subject matter.

Because of futures trading contracts, there will be buyers and sellers, the items to be bought and sold, and the expiration date of the contract.

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Futures:

Usually refers to futures contracts, not contracts. A standardized contract made by a futures exchange to deliver a certain amount of subject matter at a specific time and place in the future. This subject matter, also known as the underlying asset, can be a commodity, such as copper or crude oil, a financial instrument, such as foreign exchange and bonds, or a financial indicator, such as three-month interbank offered rate or stock index. Futures trading is an inevitable product of the development of market economy to a certain stage.

Futures trading is the activity or behavior of buying and selling futures contracts.