U.S. Treasury futures

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U.S. Treasury futures are standardized exchange-traded derivative contracts that allow investors to speculate on or hedge against future changes in U.S. government bond yields and prices.

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Treasury futures 1
U.S. Treasury futures canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf derivative instrument
futures contract
interest rate derivative
clearedThrough central counterparty
commonTenor 10-year U.S. Treasury note
2-year U.S. Treasury note
5-year U.S. Treasury note
U.S. Treasury bond
linked to: Treasury bonds

Ultra 10-year U.S. Treasury note
Ultra U.S. Treasury bond
contractSizeBasedOn notional face value of underlying Treasury
denominatedIn U.S. dollar
linked to: US dollar
exchangeTraded true
hedgeTarget Treasury cash positions
corporate bond portfolios
mortgage portfolios
introducedIn 1970s
listedOn electronic trading platforms
marginType initial margin
variation margin
marketParticipants asset managers
banks
hedge funds
individual traders
insurance companies
pension funds
proprietary trading firms
priceDeterminedBy expectations of future interest rates
supply and demand for U.S. Treasuries
priceMoveInverseTo U.S. Treasury yields
quotedAs price percentage of par
regulatedBy U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
riskFactor basis risk
interest rate risk
liquidity risk
settlementType cash settlement
physical delivery
standardizedBy CME Group
subjectTo daily mark-to-market
tradedOn CME Group
Chicago Board of Trade
underlyingAsset U.S. Treasury bonds
U.S. Treasury notes
U.S. Treasury securities
usedFor basis trading
duration management
hedging interest rate risk
speculation on interest rates
yield curve positioning

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Chicago Board of Trade trades U.S. Treasury futures
CME Group hasKeyProduct Treasury futures
linked to: U.S. Treasury futures