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TBA futures

Hedge mortgage market risk with a transparent, all-to-all marketplace.

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Manage mortgage risk transparently

TBA futures offer a capital-efficient tool for hedging mortgage market risk, a transparent, all-to-all marketplace with the safety of central counterparty clearing. With a transparent price discovery mechanism, expanded trading access, central counterparty clearing, ICS trading and a $100,000 contract size, TBA futures are a great way to manage granular mortgage risk. 

Why trade TBA futures?

Access a liquid market

Source liquidity and price discovery via an equal access, transparent order book.

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Manage granular mortgage risk with 24-hour trading, capital efficiency and 10 different coupons.

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Trade the differential between Treasury futures and TBA futures, either in the same delivery month or across the calendar.

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The $100,000 contract size allows for higher precision trades and hedges, or the utilizing of a variety of coupons in a strategy.

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Trade UMBS forwards in the TBA market

The majority of residential mortgages in the U.S. are securitized through the agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) market, the second-largest debt market in the U.S. behind U.S. Treasuries. These securities can be pooled together and traded as forwards in the existing TBA market to provide greater liquidity for participants like mortgage lenders. In June 2019, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac standardized their MBS offerings into what became known as Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities (UMBS).

PRODUCT NAME

30-Year UMBS TBA futures

DELIVERABLE GRADE ISSUERS

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

DELIVERABLE MORTGAGE TERM

30-Year

DELIVERABLE GRADE COUPONS

For a given Delivery Month, futures are listed by the Exchange for delivery of each of a small number of specified active (current production) mortgage coupon rates (e.g., 2.0%, 2.5%, 3.0%, 3.5%, 4.0%, 4.5%, 5.0%, 5.5%, 6.0%, 6.5%). Each Coupon Rate will be listed as separate product with a unique product code.

DELIVERABLE GRADE AND SIZE

$100K face value of MBSD-cleared 30-year UMBS TBA at a given coupon rate.

PRICE

Par is on basis of 100 points. Each point = $1,000 per contract.

MINIMUM PRICE INCREMENT

1/4 of 1/32nd of one point ($7.8125 per contract).

1/8 of 1/32nd for intra-market calendar spreads ($3.90625 per calendar spread), with block trades eligible for 1/16th of 1/32nd

LISTED DELIVERY MONTHS

Nearest three calendar months at any given time

LAST TRADING DAY (LTD)

For a given Delivery Month, 3 Exchange business days before SIFMA TBA Notification Day. Expiring contract ceases trading at 12:00 p.m. Chicago time (CT).

DELIVERY DAY

Business day following Last Trading Day

SETTLEMENT/DELIVERY

All positions are physically settled. Assignment of an expiring MBSD-cleared TBA for the contract-grade mortgage coupon rate. After termination of trading, CME Clearing assigns open long futures positions as buyer, and open short positions as seller, of contract-grade TBA.

By 3:00 p.m. Chicago time on LTD, CME Clearing notifies clearing member firms carrying open positions in expiring futures of accounts holding long positions in expiring contracts who are assigned to become TBA buyers from accounts holding short positions in expiring contracts. CME Clearing makes delivery assignments directly to accounts of expiring long and short positions matched during futures delivery process.

Block Minimum

RTH-100; ETH-50; ATH-25

Reporting Window RTH/ETH/ATH - 15 minutes

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30-Year UMBS TBA futures - 2.0% Coupon 20U JYAA Comdty Z20U @20U U20U 20U
30-Year UMBS TBA futures - 2.5% Coupon 25U JYBA Comdty Z25U @25U U25U 25U
30-Year UMBS TBA futures - 3.0% Coupon 30U JYCA Comdty Z30U @30U U30U 30U
30-Year UMBS TBA futures - 3.5% Coupon 35U JYDA Comdty Z35U @35U U35U 35U
30-Year UMBS TBA futures - 4.0% Coupon 40U JYEA Comdty Z40U @40U U40U 40U
30-Year UMBS TBA futures - 4.5% Coupon 45U JYIA Comdty Z45U @45U U45U 45U
30-Year UMBS TBA futures - 5.0% Coupon 50U JYPA Comdty  Z50U @50U U50U 50U
30-YEAR UMBS TBA FUTURES - 5.5% COUPON 55U JYTA Comdty Z55U @55U U55U 55U
30-YEAR UMBS TBA FUTURES - 6.0% COUPON 60U JYWA Comdty  Z60U @60U U60U 60U
30-YEAR UMBS TBA FUTURES - 6.5% COUPON 65U JYLA Comdty Z65U @65U U65U 65U

Trade TBA futures on CME Direct

A fast, secure, and highly configurable trading front end, CME Direct offers a one-stop shop for accessing TBA futures liquidity across CLOB trading, RFQs, and block negotiation/reporting workflows. Not on CME Direct? Get started.

Download the TBA futures trading grid:

  1. Right click on the link and select "Save link as...".
  2. Save the file as an .XML on your computer.
  3. In CME Direct, select import view in the main menu.
  4. Import the grid into CME Direct.
  5. Under Menu, click on Save Window Layout.
Right-click to save the TBA futures grid.
Right-click to save the TBA futures market activity grid.

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