The futures market has become an important part of the modern financial system and macroeconomic policy-making has become an important reference in futures prices, futures markets play a boot and protective effects on the real economy, has also gathered a lot of social resources, play a role in safeguarding national security, already has great influence, a variety of goods the "China price".

It is understood that the United States futures industry association of 75 global derivatives exchange of statistics, ranked by volume, Shanghai Futures Exchange-rebar futures for many years in the commodity futures and options products ranked first, since going public in 2009, corporate customers holding about 25% than will be kept. Hot-rolled coil futures market step by step, hot-rolled coil futures liquidity growth, service conditions for steel-related companies hedging matured, at present, the Shanghai Futures Exchange has completed 41 rebar production enterprises, 43 rebar brand, 16 enterprises producing hot-rolled coil, 17 hot-rolled coil brand registration.

December 9, Shanghai Futures Exchange senior manager Chen Ye in China steel industry chain development peak Forum Shang said, China economic into new normal yilai, faced domestic many industry capacity excess, and needs slowed, and cost high enterprises, and profit fell, dilemma, China steel industry more is to its huge of production, and no can led of price, while concentrated degrees low, non-public economic accounted for half, to capacity especially explicit hard. In this context, steel enterprises technical innovation and reconstruction should be carried out and carefully in the futures market.

Data show that as of November 2016, rebar futures delivery 1.7565 million tons, delivery amount of 6.03 billion yuan, 171,900 tons for hot-rolled coil futures delivery, delivery amount of 435 million Yuan, 2015 rebar futures delivery capacity of 285,000 tons, delivery amount of 598 million Yuan, North East delivery produce delivery, delivery uniform.

Many care for and study domestic and international macro-economic and financial situation of the investment involved in futures trading, formed steel of expected future price information tidy reduce information asymmetry, increase market efficiency.

Meanwhile, rebar futures price is highly correlated with changes in real estate prices. With consistent leading house price indices, rebar price fluctuations was greater, and a significant lead. Hot-rolled coil prices change with changes of increases in automobile production and sales, steel futures prices for steel exports had a positive impact.