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Interest Rates

Betting on interest rate futures is much the same as betting on any other market.

We give you the chance to take a view on all the main interest rate contracts, including Short Sterling, Gilt, Bund, Eurodollar, JGB and T-Bond.

Short-term interest rates

These contracts allow you to bet on the direction of a country's 3-month interest rates. In each case, the price of the contract is 100 minus the interest rate. So a price of 93 means an interest rate of 7%, a price of 94 means an interest rate of 6%, and so on. If you think short-term interest rates will fall you 'buy', and if you think they will rise you 'sell'.

Long-term interest rates

These are reflected in the price of government bonds. Bond futures allow you to bet on the direction of long-term interest rates in various countries. For instance, US Treasury Bond, or T-Bond, futures allow you to take a view on long-term interest rates in the US.

For more details please see our example.

  • Example: Short Sterling
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