TBA futures
Hedge mortgage market risk with a transparent, all-to-all marketplace.
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Manage mortgage risk transparently
TBA futures offer a capital-efficient tool for hedging mortgage market risk, a transparent, all-to-all marketplace with the safety of central counterparty clearing. With a transparent price discovery mechanism, expanded trading access, central counterparty clearing, ICS trading and a $100,000 contract size, TBA futures are a great way to manage granular mortgage risk.
Why trade TBA futures?
Access a liquid market
Source liquidity and price discovery via an equal access, transparent order book.
Capital efficiency
Manage granular mortgage risk with 24-hour trading, capital efficiency and 10 different coupons.
ICS trading
Trade the differential between Treasury futures and TBA futures, either in the same delivery month or across the calendar.
Flexible contract size
The $100,000 contract size allows for higher precision trades and hedges, or the utilizing of a variety of coupons in a strategy.
Trade UMBS forwards in the TBA market
The majority of residential mortgages in the U.S. are securitized through the agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market, the second-largest debt market in the U.S. behind U.S. Treasuries. These securities can be pooled together and traded as forwards in the existing TBA market to provide greater liquidity for participants like mortgage lenders. In June 2019, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac standardized their MBS offerings into what became known as Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities (UMBS).
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Trade TBA futures on CME Direct
Download the TBA futures trading grid:
- Right click on the link and select "Save link as...".
- Save the file as an .XML on your computer.
- In CME Direct, select import view in the main menu.
- Import the grid into CME Direct.
- Under Menu, click on Save Window Layout.
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