# Mechanics of Cross Currency Swaps

Cross Currency Swaps exchange a funding position in one currency for a funding position in another currency. The interbank market trades a resettable floating-floating swap, incorporating a USD cash payment to reset the mark-to-market close to zero at each coupon date. We explain the nuances of the product via the cashflows. The cross currency swap market […]

# New EUR & GBP Interest Rate Futures

Last week saw the launch of a new futures exchange – LSE’s CurveGlobal.  We have pulled the data for the first week, and I thought it appropriate to explore this market. The general overview of CurveGlobal: 30% owned by LSE Group.  Remaining 70% owned by CBOE, BofA, Barclays, Citi, Goldmans, JPM, SocGen, BNP STIR (3-month […]

# Exploring Seasonality in a Time Series with R’s ggplot2

Inflation index values are decomposed into trend, seasonality and noise. Certain types of graph help identify seasonality. Graphs can be created simply and quickly in R. Simple graphs can be refined for stronger visual impact. Recently, I have been looking at inflation indices and studying their seasonality. The best way to see the overall trend and seasonality in this […]

# Mechanics and Definitions of Bond Futures

We focus on Bond Futures. They are a deep source of liquidity. We define the contracts and look at some of their common features. Analysing volumes across major bond futures is simple in CCPView. We find that around 60% of bond future notional is US related, with the remainder European. Invoice Spreads account for 3% of volumes in bond futures. What is […]

# Mechanics and Definitions of Short Term Interest Rate Futures

We focus on Short Term Interest Rate Futures contracts. In volatile markets, they are a deep source of liquidity. We define the contracts and look at some of their common features. Analysing volumes across all Short Term Interest Rate futures is simple in CCPView. We find that Short Sterling is more liquid than expected…. …and that FRA volumes relative to […]

# CME Invoice Spread Volumes – updated

We update our analysis on the new CME Ultra 10 UST Future by looking at volumes in Invoice Spreads with matching dates to the futures contract. We find continued impressive volumes. About 6% of the risk-weighted volume in futures can be attributed to Swaps-related trades. The headline numbers Invoice Spreads versus the CME Ultra 10 UST Future are continuing to […]

# Invoice Spread Trading in the New CME Ultra-10 Year Treasury Futures Contract

We take a look at Invoice Spreads with the help of two new features in the Clarus SDRView products. We closely examine swaps related to the new CME Ultra 10y UST Future. Swaps related trading looks to be a strong driver of volumes in the new contract so far. Looking at the maturity profile of the Spreadover market suggests […]