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The note explains how a short Eurodollar futures position can hedge the cost of borrowing at a future three-month LIBOR rate. It corrects the initial claim that a short position loses when rates rise: Eurodollar futures are quoted as 100 minus the implied…
The discussion collects suggestions for obtaining intraday DAX or DAX futures data, with an emphasis on one-minute bars and affordability. It mentions exchange data for DAX futures, downloadable DAX series from a broker-data source whose instrument type may…
This question examines whether a call option on a futures contract has the same theoretical value as a call option on the underlying stock. It compares the discounted futures-option pricing expression with the stock-option expression and uses the…
This interview discussion considers what a supposedly perfect quantitative model would imply for stock and futures trading. If predictions truly reveal future returns, a trader could take long positions before gains and short positions before losses; the…
The document considers whether a trader with long-term GBP/USD exposure should roll into a less liquid deferred futures contract or continue using nearby contracts. Its central distinction is between using futures as a convenient way to hold exposure close…
The document asks whether an option on a bond future can be represented using options on forward rates. It simplifies the contract to a European option on a zero-coupon cheapest-to-deliver bond and relates the forward bond price to the forward rate over the…
The document explains the role of conversion factors in U.S. Treasury futures, where eligible deliverable notes and bonds can differ in coupon and accrued interest. A factor is set when a contract is introduced and remains fixed through expiration. It…
The document explains why a Treasury futures conversion factor should not be treated as a general estimate of a deliverable bond’s current price. The factor is based on a standardized 6% yield convention, while the question’s proposed alternative would vary…
The document compares a six-month Eurodollar futures contract with a forward contract at the same quoted rate. Its main pricing distinction is daily marking to market: futures gains and losses must be invested or funded as rates move, while a forward…
The document compares cash-settled S&P 500 index options with options on S&P 500 futures, focusing on why both contract types may attract users despite similar index exposure. It identifies margin treatment as a key practical difference: futures-based…
The document considers how to identify arbitrage relationships among outright futures and instruments built from them, such as calendar spreads and butterflies. It frames quoted instrument prices as linear combinations of outright prices and asks how to…
The document asks how to estimate a portfolio volatility measure at a fixed time in Berlin when the portfolio spans US, European, and Japanese equity indices trading in different time zones. It considers using observations aligned to that local time and asks…
The document discusses how to compare two correlated futures contracts whose prices and tick sizes differ when building a pairs strategy. One suggested approach sets both starting prices to one, then compounds each instrument’s percentage price changes to…
A calendar spread between two bond futures can carry repo exposure even when both contracts have the same cheapest-to-deliver bond. The key mechanism is that contracts with different delivery dates respond differently to financing rates: the later contract…
The document addresses whether a futures position used to reduce a bond portfolio’s duration should be included when estimating portfolio yield to maturity. The response says to include it by using the future’s implied yield to maturity and assigning that…
The discussion considers missing daily prices in a futures portfolio, especially where spread legs become misaligned and create artificial profit and loss. It warns that imputing returns changes the observed distribution and can distort historical value at…
The document describes a simple DV01 hedge for a five-year Treasury bond using a strip of three-month Eurodollar futures. First calculate the bond’s price sensitivity to a one-basis-point yield change. Then sum the DV01 of one contract at each maturity in…
The document asks how to prepare E-mini S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures prices for a cointegration test when their contract multipliers differ. One proposed method multiplies each quoted price by its contract multiplier, producing notional values that can be…
The document asks whether a position in three-month sterling LIBOR futures should be hedged with GBP/USD futures by matching the contracts’ full notionals. The reply challenges that approach by distinguishing a contract’s notional amount from the actual…
The document describes a data-access problem involving Nasdaq Data Link’s CHRIS continuous futures datasets. A user could retrieve other datasets with a valid API key but received access-denied errors when requesting historical daily futures data intended…
The document asks which market instruments can help construct the short end of the SOFR curve, given the questioner’s impression that swaps are unavailable below a one-year maturity. The response points to trading in one-month and three-month SOFR futures.…
The document asks how VIX futures can keep trading when a circuit breaker halts SPX options and prevents the VIX index from being calculated, especially if the halt overlaps the March contract’s valuation date. It raises the possibility of estimating…
The discussion is a request for references and modeling approaches for natural gas forward prices, including stylized market behavior and estimation. The answers offer limited guidance rather than a developed model. One recommends an industry-focused book…
The note explains how to translate a Eurodollar futures price move into profit or loss. It gives the contract’s dollar value per price point and basis point, then applies the general calculation: value per point multiplied by the price change and number of…