How to trade stock index options

Stock index options trading requires a stock index futures account, and investors can open accounts in securities companies or futures companies. The requirement for opening an account for stock index options is: 1, and the average daily assets in the 20 trading days before opening an account are more than 500,000 yuan; 2. Having been trading in the account opening company for 6 months; 3. Experience in margin trading or futures trading.

In recent years, stock index options have entered investors' field of vision. Stock index option is to judge the rise and fall of stock index, and only needs to pay a certain usage fee. If the judgment is correct, you can sell the right and get the royalty income, or exercise the right to buy stock index futures, get the profit of stock index fluctuation price difference after closing the position, and judge the loss of royalty. Stock index option in the stock market is also a symbolic right to buy and sell stocks at a special price, but it is only valid for a specified period of time. Therefore, option trading is a kind of right trading. Investors should be well prepared for knowledge and experience. Before participating in stock index options. How much does the stock index option trading margin need? Details of Caishun Finance are as follows:

① Stock index option opening margin: call option obligation position: opening margin = (pre-contract settlement price × contract multiplier) +max (pre-index closing price × contract multiplier × contract margin adjustment coefficient-imaginary value of call option, minimum guarantee coefficient × pre-index closing price × contract multiplier × contract margin adjustment coefficient), put option obligation position: opening margin = (pre-contract settlement price × contract multiplier) +max (.

2 Stock index option maintenance margin: call option obligation warehouse: trading margin = (contract day settlement price x contract multiplier) +max (target index closing price x contract margin adjustment factor-imaginary value of call option, minimum guarantee factor x target index closing price x contract multiplier x contract margin adjustment factor), Put option obligation warehouse: trading margin = (daily settlement price of contract x contract multiplier) +max (daily closing price of underlying index x contract multiplier x contract margin adjustment coefficient-imaginary value of put option, minimum guarantee coefficient x contract exercise price x contract multiplier x contract margin adjustment coefficient).

The above algorithm seems to be more complicated. In fact, in the actual trading process, the option platform will directly calculate the required margin fee for everyone.