Trading Yield Curves

This course builds on participants’ knowledge of fixed income, looking in-depth at how to trade the yield curve.

It will start by looking at how bonds can be traded to take advantage of an opinion of future interest rates changes, or the prospects of a bond issuer. Participants will consider a range of tradition strategies including, outright positions, steepeners, flatteners and butterfly trades.

The course will then explain the techniques that can be used to minimise and hedge risk in these position.

Suitability

This course is for individuals with a basic knowledge of the bond market.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course delegates should understand:

  • The mechanics of directional bond trading
  • How to construct DV01 neutral steepeners and flatteners
  • Butterfly trades and relative value trading

Course Content

Directional bond trading

  • Outright long and short positions
  • Targeting risk values
  • Active fund managers

Steepening and flattening curve trades

  • Parallel shifts
  • Targeting risk values
  • Bull and bear steepeners
  • Duration hedging curve flattener

Exercises: Constructing DV01 neutral steepeners and flatteners

Trading the belly

  • Positive and negative flies
  • Hedge funds and real money investors

Relative value trading

  • Fitting a yield curve

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