Interest Rate futures and options

Explore the deepest centralized pool of liquidity, offering capital-efficient risk management solutions throughout the yield curve.

Trade across the yield curve

Use Interest Rate futures and options to manage exposure to U.S. government bonds, global money markets, and mortgage-backed securities in a safe, capital-efficient way. Access a diverse range of benchmark products—U.S. Treasuries, SOFR, Fed Funds, €STR, TBAs, and more—across the yield curve, from one-week to 30-years.

Interest Rate news and events

Get the latest updates on the Interest Rate futures and options market with product news and information, macro trends, and more.

PRODUCTS

Hedge potential T-Bill yields precisely

Now live: Trade T-Bill futures across six expirations to hedge the risks of soaring Treasury debt issuance and volatility in the short end of the curve.

Track forward-looking risk expectations on U.S. Treasuries with the CME Group Volatility Index (CVOLTM), a robust measure of 30-day implied volatility derived from deeply liquid options on Treasury futures.


Explore our Interest Rate products

Learn about the products CME Group offers across the entire U.S. dollar-denominated yield curve and explore different ways to trade them.

Take advantage of the liquidity, security, and diversity of government bond markets with U.S. Treasury futures and options. Benefit from a highly liquid marketplace, as well as easy-to-access efficiencies.

The leading tools for hedging USD short-term interest rates, SOFR futures and options offer deep liquidity extending over five years out the term structure, alongside 80 options expiries for fine-tuning exposures from one week to four years.

Widely used for hedging short-term interest rate risk, Fed Fund futures are a reflection of the marketplace insight about the course of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy.

Precisely hedge T-bill exposure with cash-settled futures based on 13-week T-bill auction yields, and enjoy seamless spread trading vs. Three-Month SOFR futures.

Three-Month and Basis Spread futures on the Euro Short-Term Rate (€STR) and RepoFunds Rates (RFR) enable capital-efficient, off-balance sheet hedging of overnight money market and repo rates in Europe.

Peso-denominated, monthly futures contracts based on the Central Bank of Mexico’s Overnight TIIE Funding Rate (F-TIIE) – an IOSCO-compliant, risk-free reference rate based on the highly-developed and liquid Mexican repo market.

Expand efficiencies or create new spread trading and margin offset opportunities using SONIA futures and other Interest Rate products – Fed Fund and SOFR futures.

Physically delivered 30-Year UMBS TBA futures bring the efficiency and global accessibility of a central limit order book to the U.S. mortgage market, with margin offsets and spread trading vs. Treasury futures.

 

Swap futures offer interest rate swap exposure with the margin efficiency and simplicity of a standardized futures contract. Capitalize on multiple execution venues, flexibility at expiration, and risk offsets.

Platform

BrokerTec

Trade cash bonds and repo on our industry-leading, anonymous dealer-to-dealer electronic trading platform for the U.S. and European fixed income markets.

Interest Rate tools

Build and refine your trading strategies with free pricing and analytics tools for CME Group Interest Rate products. 

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Research and analysis

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Notices

Courses

Take self-guided courses on Interest Rates

If you're new to futures, the courses below can help you quickly understand the Interest Rate market and start trading.

Contact an Interest Rate expert

Connect with a member of our expert Interest Rate team for more information about our products.

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