Bond Futures

Discussion in 'Financial Futures' started by spreadem, Jun 19, 2003.

  1. I'll make this into a new thread.
     
    #341     Nov 17, 2003
  2. sammybea

    sammybea

    Has anyone noticed block trades that get done in this fashion, 300, 358,500, 700, 1003, 1194.. etc. Are these trades done on the floor? Who is taking the other side of these trades?? Is this in conjunction with T-auctions? So many questions.. lol These types of trades always throw me off. Another reason why equities for some are more transparent.
     
    #342     Dec 17, 2003
  3. Both 30yr and 10yr bonds are approaching overhead resistance.

    Ah what to do, what to do?

    I think I'll sell a couple; while looking for a slight pullback or at least some sideways action.
     
    #343     Dec 17, 2003
  4. EricP

    EricP

    You may already realize this, but I'll point it out for others that may not be familiar with it. On the bond and note futures, trades are reported with the cumulative total size traded at that price, until a new price is printed, in which case the size resets to only the size of the new trade. In your example, the trade sizes for each print after the first was: 58, 142, 200, 303 and191 contracts.

    Put another way, assume the following trades are recorded with the given price and trade contract size:

    112.0 15
    112.0 10
    112.0 150
    112.0 2
    111.31 15
    111.31 4
    112.0 1

    These trades would appear on the Time and Sales as follows:

    112.0 15
    112.0 25
    112.0 175
    112.0 177
    111.31 15
    111.31 19
    112.0 1

    Again, this may already be clear and may not answer your question, but hopefully it will be helpful to someone.

    -Eric



     
    #344     Dec 17, 2003
  5. Late-afternoon rally fizzles to close near opening range ... a sell sign for me

    Count me in short one ZBH4 at 110-08 with a stop just above today's high.
     
    #345     Dec 17, 2003
  6. sammybea

    sammybea

    Hey thanks Eric.. that helps me a lot.. Not sure of the logic, versus time and sales.. It doesn't seem as transparent as the ES. Thanks again though.

     
    #346     Dec 17, 2003
  7. who trade futures looks at cash prices at the same time?

    I only have access to TYX and TNX yield data

    but think I do not have the edge someone with

    access to Cantor Market Data or ICAP data might have
     
    #347     Dec 20, 2003
  8. So, when all was said and done, did you do it? Where did you enter, and how did you exit?
     
    #348     Dec 22, 2003