Today's guest is David Reif, Senior Director of Interest Rate Products
What to Know
- This is a hot time for rates. We're seeing record levels of volatility & interest around the globe for these products.
- 30 year treasury yields hit a 15month low around 3.10% on Aug 15 approaching Janet Yellen's comments.
- This is fertile ground for rates products.
- What volume and activity trends are you seeing in the CME interest rate complex?
What's New?
- Overview of upcoming launch of Eurodollar bundle futures and options.
- Overview of FedWatch and other CME web tools for rates traders
What to Watch: Hints/teases for upcoming products/trends/developments in the interest rates complex?
What's On Your Mind?
- Email from Steve Syler, Oklahoma City, OK. Question for LSFO program. Hello! Thank you for taking the time to create a program aimed at retail futures options traders. We're a small but growing audience. There needs to be more content aimed at us.
- Question from Tasco. Am I the only one who finds futures and futures options symbols impenetrable? Is there any reason major platforms like Globex can't quote a product in real English like "December 2014 thirty year treasury bond future" etc. I have a heck of a time finding the products I want to trade because I'm forced to wade through so much arcane minutia with Globex and through my broker.
- Question from Neal Honen. Are interest rate futures and options primarily pit traded or have they migrated the majority of their volume to electronic platforms like Globex?