Interactive Brokers seems to have some Eris swap futures but not others, e.g. I can find YIW but now YIE in TWS. Any reason?
Not sure about the specifics. An exchange might have thousands of products. It is common for a broker not to offer all those thousands of products especially if the products are not popular. Similarly, there are hundreds of exchanges in this world. Most brokers offer products from a few exchanges only.
ib has its own labeling system but if you are a heavy futures trader, there are many specialized futures brokers out there.
The example I specified is from the same exchange (CME) and the same product suite. It's like offering ZF but not ZN futures. Or offering GOOG stock but not MSFT. I hope def from IB will comment.
Not sure why you'd want to trade Eris SOFR swap futures, but a good place to look is always https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/margin-futures-fops.php You'll see: CBOT YIA 1-Year Eris SOFR Swap Futures YIA 93.75 N/A 93.75 75 USD No 93.75 75 CBOT YIC 3-Year Eris SOFR Swap Futures YIC 62.50 N/A 62.50 50 USD No 62.50 50 CBOT YID 4-Year Eris SOFR Swap Futures YID 93.75 N/A 93.75 75.00 USD No 93.75 75.00 CBOT YIT 2-Year Eris SOFR Swap Futures YIT 62.50 N/A 62.50 50 USD No 62.50 50 CBOT YIW 5-Year Eris SOFR Swap Futures YIW 100 N/A 100 80 USD No 100 80 Apparently, IB doesn't offer the Eris futures past 5 years. Looking at CME website, YIE had no volume on Friday. The 2-year had 1,024, 150 in the 3-year, 96 in the 5-year, and 40 in the 10-year. https://www.cmegroup.com/trading/interest-rates/swap-futures.html
Thank you. According to this page https://www.cmegroup.com/market-dat...olume-open-interest/interest-rate-volume.html the 10y swap future has the higher volume. Nevertheless, volumes seem to be generally small. Regarding your question "not sure why you'd want to trade Eris SOFR swap futures" - for portfolio yield curve positioning, hedging, and for asset swap spread trades - what they were intended for per CME educational material and web site.