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CHAPTER 7 INTEREST RATE FUTURES

CHAPTER 7 INTEREST RATE FUTURES. In this chapter, we explore one of the most successful innovations in the history of futures markets; that is, interest rate futures contracts. This chapter is organized into the following sections: Interest Rate Futures Contracts

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CHAPTER 7 INTEREST RATE FUTURES

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  1. CHAPTER 7INTEREST RATE FUTURES • In this chapter, we explore one of the most successful innovations in the history of futures markets; that is, interest rate futures contracts. This chapter is organized into the following sections: • Interest Rate Futures Contracts • Pricing Interest Rate Futures Contracts • Speculating With Interest Rate Futures Contracts • Hedging With Interest Rate Futures Contracts Chapter 7

  2. Interest Rate Futures Introduction • Interest rate futures contracts are one of the most successful innovations in futures trading. • Pioneered in the United States, they have expanded internationally with strong presence in Great Britain and Singapore. • The CBOT specializes in contracts with long-term maturity (e.g., 2-year, 5-year and 10-year T-notes, and 5-year LIBOR-based swaps). • The CME International Monetary Market (IMM) specializes in contracts with short-term maturity (e.g., 1-month, and 3-month Eurodollar deposits). Chapter 7

  3. Short-Term Interest Rates Contracts • In this section, four short-term interest rate futures contracts will be examined: • Eurodollar Futures • Euribor Futures • TIEE 28 Futures • Treasury Bill Futures Chapter 7

  4. Eurodollar Futures Product Profile Chapter 7

  5. Eurodollar Futures • Eurodollar futures currently dominate the U.S. market for short-term futures contracts. • Rates on Eurodollar deposits are usually based on LIBOR (London Interbank Offer Rate). • LIBOR is the rate at which banks are willing to lend funds to other banks in the interbank market. • Eurodollars are U.S. dollar denominated deposits held in a commercial bank outside the U.S. • The Eurodollar contracts is for $1,000,000. • A Eurodollar futures contract is based on a time deposit held in a commercial bank (e.g., 3-month Eurodollar) • Eurodollar contracts are non-transferable. Chapter 7

  6. Eurodollar Futures • Eurodollar futures were the first contract to use cash settlement rather than delivery of an actual good for contract fulfillment. • To establish the settlement rate at the close of trading, the IMM determines the three-month LIBOR rate. • This settlement rate is then used to compute the amount of the cash payment that must be made. • The yield on the Eurodollar contract is quoted on an add-on basis as follows: Chapter 7

  7. Eurodollar Add-on Yield • In order to calculate the add-on yield, the price and discount must be computed as follows: Or equivalently Chapter 7

  8. Eurodollar Add-on Yield • Suppose you have a 90-day Eurodollar deposit with a discount yield of 8.32%. • Step 1: Compute the discount and the price. Chapter 7

  9. Eurodollar Add-on Yield Step 2: Compute the add-on yield using: A one basis point change in the Add-on Yield, on a 3-month Eurodollar contract implies a $25 change in price. This amount can be compute using: Eurodollar futures contract prices are quoted using the IMM Index which is a function of the 3-month LIBOR rate: IMM Index = 100.00 - 3-Month LIBOR Chapter 7

  10. Euribor Futures • Euribors are Eurodollar time deposits. • Swaps dealers use Euribor futures to hedge the risk resulting from their activities. • Euribor futures are traded at: • Euronex.liffe • Contracts are based on a 3-month time deposit with a €1,000,000 notional value. • Contracts are cash settled at expiration . • Eurex • Contracts are based on a 3-month time deposit with a €3,000,000 notional value. • Contracts are cash-settled at expiration. Chapter 7

  11. Euribor Futures Product Profile Chapter 7

  12. TIEE 28 Futures • The TIEE 28 futures contract is based on the short-term (28-day) Mexican interest rate. • The contract is traded on the Mexican Derivatives Exchange (Mercado Mexicano de Derivados, or MexDer) • A 28-day TIIE futures contract has a face value of 100,000 Mexican pesos. • The contract is cash settled based on the 28-day Interbank Equilibrium Interest Rate (TIIE), calculated by Banco de México. Chapter 7

  13. TIEE 28 Futures TIEE 28 Futures Chapter 7

  14. Treasury Bill Futures • A T-bill is the U.S. government borrowing money for a short period of time. • Treasury bills have original maturities of 13 weeks and 26 weeks. • The Treasury bill futures contract calls for the delivery of T-bills having a face value of $1,000,000 and a time to maturity of 90 days at the expiration of the futures contract. • 91-day and 92 day T-bills may also be delivered with a price adjustment. • The contracts have delivery dates in March, June, September, and December. • The delivery dates are chosen to make newly issued 13 week T-bills immediately deliverable against the futures contract. Chapter 7

  15. Treasury Bill Futures • Price quotations for T-bill futures use the International Monetary Market Index (IMM). • IMM Index = 100 - DY • Where: • DY = Discount Yield • Example • A discount Yield of 7.1% implies an IMM Index of: • IMM Index = 100 - 7.1 • IMM Index = 92.9 Chapter 7

  16. Treasury Bill Futures • Recall that a bill with 90 days to maturity and a 8.32% discount yield, has a price of $979,200 and a $discount of $20,800. For a futures contract with a discount yield of 8.32%, the price to be paid for the T-bill at delivery would be $979,200. • A one basis point shift implies a $25 change on a $1,000,000, 3-month futures contract. • If the futures yield rose to 8.35%, the delivery price would be $979,125. Chapter 7

  17. Other Short-Term Interest Rate Futures • Insert Figure 7.1 here Chapter 7

  18. Longer-Maturity Interest Rate Futures • Longer-maturity interest rate futures are based on coupon-bearing debt instruments as the underlying good. • These instruments require the delivery of an actual bond. • In this section, long-term interest rate futures contracts will be examined, including: • Treasury Bond Futures • Treasury Note Futures • Non-US Longer Maturity Interest Rate Futures Chapter 7

  19. Treasury Bond Futures • Traded at the CBOT, the Treasury bond futures contract is one of the most successful futures contracts. • Requires the delivery of T-bonds with a $100,000 face value and with at least 15 years remaining until maturity or until their first permissible call date. • T-bond contracts trade for delivery in March, June, September, and December. • Delivery against the T-bond contract is a several day process that the short trader can trigger to cause delivery on any business day of the delivery month. • First Position Day First permissible day for the short to declare his/her intentions to make delivery, with delivery taking place 2 business days later. • Position Day Short declares his/her intentions to make delivery. This may occur on the first position day or some other later day. Delivery Day Clearinghouse matches the short and long traders and requires them to fulfill their responsibilities. Chapter 7

  20. Treasury Bond FuturesPrice Quotation for Major Interest Rate Futures Contracts • Insert Figure 7.1 Here Chapter 7

  21. Treasury Bond Futures Delivery Process • Insert Figure 7.2 here Chapter 7

  22. Treasury Bond Futures Product Profile Chapter 7

  23. Treasury Bond Futures Conversion Factor • The T-bond contract does not specify exactly which bond must be delivered to fulfill the futures contract. Rather, a number of different bonds can be delivered to fulfill the futures contract. • Because the short trader chooses whether to make delivery, and which bond to deliver, the short trader will want to deliver the bond that is least expensive for him/her to obtain. This bond is called the cheapest-to-deliver bond. • To address this issue, a conversion factor is computed to equate the bonds. Chapter 7

  24. Treasury Bond Futures Conversion Factor • Where: • DSP = Decimal Settlement Price (The decimal equivalent of the quoted price) • CF = Conversion Factor (the conversion factor as provided by the CBOT) • AI = Accrued Interest (Interest that has accrued since the last coupon payment onthe bond) • This system is effective as long as the term structure of interest rates is flat and the bond yield is 6%. However, if the term structure of interest rates is not flat, or if bond yields are not 6%, some bonds will still be less expensive to deliver against the futures contract than others. Chapter 7

  25. T-Bond and T-Notes Delivery Sequence • Table 7.1 shows key dates in the delivery process for T-bond and T-note futures contracts in 1997. Chapter 7

  26. Treasury Bond Futures Conversion Factor Chapter 7

  27. Treasury Note Futures • Treasury note futures are a shorter maturity version of a Treasury bond. • T-note Futures are very similar to Treasury bond futures. • T-note futures contracts are available for 2-year, 5-year, and 10-year maturities. • Contract Size • 2-year contract $200,000 • 5-year & 10 year contract $100,000 • Deliverable Maturities • 2-year contract 21 -24 month • 5-year contract 4 yrs 3 mos. to 5 yrs 3 mos. • 10-year contract 6 yrs 6 mos. to 10 years Chapter 7

  28. CBOT’s 10-Year Treasury Note FuturesProduct Profile Chapter 7

  29. Non-US Long Maturity Interest Rate Futures Chapter 7

  30. Pricing Interest Rate Futures Contracts • Because, interest rate futures trade in a full carry market, the foundation for pricing interest rate futures is the Cost-of-Carry-Model that we discussed in Chapter 3. • This section introduces a review of the Cost-of-Carry Model as discussed in Chapter 3, including: • Cost-of-Carry Rule 3 • Cost-of-Carry Rule 6 • Features that Promote Full Carry • Repo Rates • Cost-of-Carry Model in Perfect Market • Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage for Interest Rate Futures Chapter 7

  31. Cost-of-Carry Rule 3 • Recall: the cost-of-carry rule #3 says: • Where: • S0 = The current spot price • F0,t = The current futures price for delivery of the product at time t • C0,t= The percentage cost required to store (or carry) the commodity from today until time t Chapter 7

  32. Cost-of-Carry Rule 6 • Recall: the cost-of-carry rule #6 says: • F0,d = the futures price at t=0 for the the distant delivery contract maturing at t=d • Fo,n= the futures price at t=0 for the nearby delivery contract maturing at t=n • Cn,d= the percentage cost of carrying the good from t=n to t=d Chapter 7

  33. Full Carry Features • Recall from Chapter 3 that there are five features that promote full carry: • Ease of Short Selling • Large Supply • Non-Seasonal Production • Non-Seasonal Consumption • High Storability • Interest rates futures have each of these features and thus conform well to the Cost-of-Carry Model. Chapter 7

  34. Repo Rate • Recall from Chapter 3 that if we assume that the only carrying cost is the financing cost, we can compute the implied repo rate as: or Interest rate futures conform almost perfectly to the Cost-of-Carry Model. However, we must take into account some of the peculiar aspects of debt instruments. Chapter 7

  35. Cost-of-Carry Model in Perfect Market • Assumptions • Markets are perfect. • The financing cost is the only cost of carrying charge. • Ignore the options that the seller may possess such as the option to deliver differing securities. • Ignore the differences between forward and futures prices. Chapter 7

  36. Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage for Interest Rate Futures • Recall from Chapter 3 that in order to earn an arbitrage profit, a trader might want to try a cash-and-carry arbitrage. • Recall further that a cash-and-carry arbitrage involves selling a futures contract, buying the commodity and storing it until the futures delivery date. Then you would deliver the commodity against the futures contract. • Applying the cash-and-carry arbitrage to interest rate futures requires careful selection of the commodity’s interest rate (T-bill, T-bond etc) that will be purchased. • Each of the interest rate futures contracts specifies the maturity of the interest rate instrument to be delivered. The interest rate instrument must have this maturity on the delivery date. Chapter 7

  37. 0 77 167 1. Sell futures Contract. 2. Buy T-bill Futures contract w/ 167 days to maturity. 4. T-bill matures 3. Deliver T-bill (that has now 90 days to maturity) against futures contract. Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage for Interest Rate Futures • Example, a T-bill futures contract requires the delivery of a T-bill with 90 days to maturity on the delivery date. • So, if you sell a T-bill futures contract that calls for delivery in 77 days, we must purchase a T-bill that will have 90 days to maturity, 77 days from today, in order to meet your obligations. That is, you must purchase a T-bill that has 167 days to maturity today. Table 7.2 and 7.3 further develop this example. Chapter 7

  38. Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage for Interest Rate Futures • Assume that markets are perfect including the assumption of borrowing and lending at a risk-less rate represented by the T-bill yields. Suppose that you have gathered the information in Table 7.2 and wish to determine if an arbitrage opportunity is present. How was the bill price of $987,167 from Table 7.2 calculated? Chapter 7

  39. Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage for Interest Rate Futures • The bill prices were calculated as follows: For the March Futures Contract For the March 167-day T-bill For the 77-day T-bill with $1,000,000 face value Chapter 7

  40. Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage for Interest Rate Futures • The transactions necessary to earn an arbitrage profit are given in Table 7.3. How was the $966,008 from Table 7.3 calculated? Chapter 7

  41. Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage for Interest Rate Futures • The $966,008 is the face value of a 77-day T-bill with a current price of $953,611. To calculate this value, rearrange the bill price formula: Rearranging the equation results: Chapter 7

  42. 0 1 1. Borrow money 2. Buy 167-day T-bill3. Sell a futures contract 4. Deliver the T-bill against the futures contract5. Pay off the loan Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage to Interest Rate Futures • When delivery is due on the futures contract on March 22, you deliver the T-bill (which now has 90 days to maturity) against the futures contract. Combined, these transactions appear as follows on a timeline: Chapter 7

  43. Reverse Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage to Interest Rate Futures • Using the same values as shown in Table 7.2, now assume that the rate on the 77-day T-bill is 8%. • Given this new information and Table 7.2 prices, a reverse cash-and-carry arbitrage opportunity is present. Table 7.4 shows the result. • To calculate the values in Table 7.4 follow the steps shown for the previous cash-and-carry example. Chapter 7

  44. Jan 5 Mar 22 Jun 20 1. Borrow money 2. Buy 77-day T-bill3. Buy a futures contract 6. Collect 1 M from mature T-bill7. Pay off loan 4. Collect from maturing T-bill5. Accept delivery on 90-day contract Reverse Cash-and-Carry Arbitrage to Interest Rate Futures • Combined, these transactions appear as follows on a timeline: Chapter 7

  45. Interest Rate Futures Rate Relationships • Rate relationship that must exist between interest rates to avoid arbitrage: • Consider two methods of holding a T-bill for 167 days. • Method 1: Buy a 167 day T-bill • Method 2: Buy a 77 day T-bill. Buy a futures contract for delivery of a 90 day T-bill in 77 days. Use the futures contract to buy a 90-day T-bill. • These investment appear as follows on a timeline. Chapter 7

  46. Jan 5 Jan 5 Mar 22 Mar 22 Jun 20 Jun 20 1. Buy 77-day T-bill2. Buy a future contract for 90-day T-bill w/ 77 days to maturity 1. Buy 167-day T-bill 3. Collect from maturing T-bill4. Buy a 90-day T-bill using the futures contract 2. Collect from maturing T-bill 5. Collect from maturing T-bill Interest Rate Futures Rate Relationships Method 1 • Method 2 • Either of these two methods of investing in T-bills has exactly the same investment and exactly the same risk. • Since both investment have exactly the same risk and exactly the same investment, they must have exactly the same yield to avoid arbitrage. Chapter 7

  47. Financing Cost and Implied Repo Rate • Calculate the rate that must exist on the 77-day T-bill to avoid the arbitrage as follows: Use the no arbitrage equation to determine the appropriate yield on the 77-day T-bill by, using the following equation: Where: NA Yield = the no arbitrage Yield DTMFC = days to maturity of the futures contract Chapter 7

  48. Financing Cost and Implied Repo Rate So in order for there to be no arbitrage opportunities available, the yield on the 77 day T-bill must be 7.3063%. If the yield on the 77 day T-bill is greater than 7.3063%, then engage in a reverse cash-and-carry arbitrage. If the yield on the 77 day T-bill is less than 7.3063%, engage in a cash-and-carry arbitrage. Chapter 7

  49. Financing Cost and Implied Repo Rate • We can also calculate the implied repo rate as follows: In our case the spot price is the price of the 167-day to maturity T-bill, so: The implied repo rate (C) is 1.5875% The implied repo rate is the cost of holding the commodity for 77 days, between today and the time that the futures contract matures, assuming this is the only financing cost, it is also the cost of carry. Chapter 7

  50. Borrow funds Buy futures Buy cash bond Sell bond short Sell futures Invest proceeds until futures exp. Realize profit Realize profit Deliver against futures Repay short sale obligation Hold bond Take delivery Financing Cost and Implied Repo Rate • If the implied repo rate exceeds the financing cost, then exploit a cash-and-carry arbitrage opportunity 2. If the implied repo rate is less than the financing cost, then exploit a reverse cash-and-carry arbitrage. Chapter 7

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