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Traders Alert for Deeper Bond Rout Fueling Niche Arbitrage Trade

Bloomberg Markets Monday 17 August 2026, 18:21 UTC By Edward Bolingbroke 1 min read
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Traders Alert for Deeper Bond Rout Fueling Niche Arbitrage Trade An extended selloff in the $31 trillion US government bond market is opening the door for a potentially lucrative trade that profits from pricing shifts between derivatives and their underlying cash bonds. Long-dated Treasury yields have surged past 5% to nearly two-decade highs, trading above that level for the longest period since 2007. The sharp yield moves, while threatening to disrupt the Treasury futures market, create an...

Traders Alert for Deeper Bond Rout Fueling Niche Arbitrage Trade An extended selloff in the $31 trillion US government bond market is opening the door for a potentially lucrative trade that profits from pricing shifts between derivatives and their underlying cash bonds. Long-dated Treasury yields have surged past 5% to nearly two-decade highs, trading above that level for the longest period since 2007. The sharp yield moves, while threatening to disrupt the Treasury futures market, create an arbitrage window for traders shorting CME Group Inc.’s futures contracts to buy cash bonds that are the cheapest to deliver, known as CTDs.
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