CME Group T-Bill Futures Surpass 6,000 Contracts in First Week of Trading

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Oct 10, 2023, 06:30 ET

CHICAGO, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today announced that its Treasury Bill (T-Bill) futures, launched on October 2, have traded more than 6,000 contracts, with open interest exceeding 1,500 contracts.

"In just one week, it is clear that clients are turning to our new T-Bill futures to hedge against the yield risk of 13-week U.S. Treasury securities," said Agha Mirza, CME Group Global Head of Rates and OTC Products. "With more investors gaining exposure to short-term U.S. government debt, T-Bill futures can provide a capital-efficient risk management tool with opportunities for inter-commodity spread trading and margin offsetting."

"J.P. Morgan is excited to participate in the new T-Bill futures contracts at CME Group," said Eric Birenberg, Head of Short Duration Rates Trading at J.P. Morgan. "Trading in spreads between SOFR futures and T-Bill futures will be an important tool in the toolkit, helping us efficiently hedge our risk in the asset class and provide greater liquidity to our clients."

"DRW is excited to support the development of trading in CME Group T-Bill futures, which allow for the specific hedging of T-Bill portfolios," said Andrew Hennelly, DRW Co-Head of Global Treasury.

CME Group's introduction of T-Bill futures corresponds with record risk transfer in the U.S. Treasury market. Across the yield curve, open interest in the company's current suite of deeply liquid U.S. Treasury futures has reached $2.4 trillion in 2023, an increase of 49% year-over-year, with a record average daily volume of 5.4 million contracts year-to-date.

Since last week's launch, more than 25 market participants have traded T-Bill futures, with an approximately even split of volume between market-makers and users. T-Bill futures are cash-settled and based on the 13-week U.S. Treasury Bill auction discount yield.

T-Bill futures are listed with, and subject to, the rules of CME, receiving automatic margin offsets against existing CME Group Interest Rate futures. These contracts will become eligible for portfolio margining against other cleared interest rate swaps and futures shortly after launch.

For more information on T-Bill futures from CME Group, please see: https://www.cmegroup.com/tbill.

About CME Group

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