Trade Implied Treasury and Swap Spreads on CME Globex
U.S. Treasury Futures Conversion Factors
Product Snapshot: 30-Year U.S. Treasury Bond Futures
This product is based on the benchmark 30-Year Treasury Bond, the longest maturity of any bond issued by the U.S. Treasury. The Treasury bond marketplace is deep and liquid. It is traded by a wide range of users, including hedgers, speculators, bankers, bond dealers, mortgage servicers and portfolio managers.
30-Year Treasury Bond futures provide a way to:
- Hedge long-term interest rate risk
- Express a view on the direction of interest rates at the long end of the yield curve
- Execute a wide range of trading strategies including:
- Yield curve trades against other Treasury futures
- Spread trades against other CME Interest Rate products
Things to know:
- Trading takes place:
- On the CME Group trading floor during open outcry trading hours
- Electronically on the CME Globex platform
- Virtually around the clock, around the world
- Complete price transparency and anonymity
- About 95% of product volume is electronic
- CME Clearing matches and settles all trades and guarantees counterparty creditworthiness
- Settled via physical delivery