Today we look at issuer names most actively traded based on CDS trades reported to US SEC Securities Based Swap Data Repositories (SBSDRs) in September 2025. Background The prior similar blog covered credit derivatives (CRD) for July 2025. Given the CDS-market peaks naturally in March and September, we will focus on those months going forward. […]

Today, we look at trading platforms’ September 2025 market shares of volumes of OTC interest rate derivatives (IRD). If you prefer, you can skip to the end for a summary of market share statistics before returning to the start to read the details. Volume context for platform market shares Throughout this blog, we look at the volumes and platform shares of SDR-reported rates OTC trades over the 15-month period from 01 July 2024 to 30 September 2025. […]

This post looks at USD swaptions activity in Q3 as part of our regular quarterly coverage, the most recent of which was Swaption Volumes by Strike – Q2 2024. We use SDRView data, which shows all trades reported by US financial firms to US SDRs. If you are new to swaptions, some basics are outlined […]

Today, we look at three recent start-ups or new products introduced by derivatives exchanges and clearinghouses (CCPs). Key takeaways:  All the charts, data, and statistics in this blog were sourced from CCPView.  FMX rates futures FMX is a fixed income e-trading platform focused on US Treasury bonds, FX, and repo owned by BGC. Recently, FMX launched the […]