In the first trade note of his Strategy Series, Thomas Browne provides a detailed introduction to Eris Swap Futures, put into context with Eurodollar futures and OTC interest rate swaps.
- Eris Swap Futures can provide higher duration exposure than other fixed income futures, including convexity, making for a more natural fit for longer dated fixed income trading
- Compared to OTC IRS, Eris offers concentrated liquidity using IMM dates, futures margin benefits, greater accessibility, and efficiency of unwinds
- Eris Swap Futures, quoted in price and tracking total return, can allow for more simple mean reversion trading opportunities than OTC swaps with weights calculated using only yield
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