What kinds of financial derivatives can be divided into?

Financial derivatives can be classified according to the types of basic instruments, risk-return characteristics and their own trading methods, as follows:

According to product form classification, financial derivatives can be divided into independent derivatives and embedded derivatives.

according to the classification of trading places, financial derivatives can be divided into exchange-traded derivatives and OTC-traded derivatives.

according to the classification of basic instruments, financial derivatives can be divided into equity products and derivatives, currency derivatives, interest rate derivatives, credit derivatives and other derivatives.

financial derivatives can be classified into financial forward contracts, financial futures, financial options, financial swaps and structured financial derivatives according to their own trading methods and characteristics.

financial derivatives, also known as "financial derivatives", is a concept corresponding to basic financial products, which refers to derivative financial products whose prices change with the prices (or values) of basic financial products.

The basic product mentioned here is a relative concept, including not only spot financial products (such as bonds, stocks, bank time deposit certificates, etc.), but also financial derivatives. As the basis of financial derivatives, variables include interest rate, exchange rate, various price indexes, inflation rate and even weather (temperature) index.

derivative security is a financial instrument which is derived from traditional financial instruments such as currency, bonds and stocks, and is characterized by leverage and credit transactions.