Treasury bond futures refers to the derivative trading method of treasury bonds that determines the buying and selling prices in advance through organized trading places and delivers currencies and bonds at a specific time in the future. Treasury bond futures is a kind of financial futures and an advanced financial derivative. It came into being against the background of the instability of American financial market in 1970s, in order to meet the needs of investors to avoid interest rate risk.
Treasury bond futures are one of the most active financial futures in the world. On September 6, 20 13, treasury bonds futures were officially listed and traded on China Financial Futures Exchange.
The trading strategies of treasury bonds futures are different according to different purposes, which are mainly divided into three trading methods: speculation, arbitrage and hedging, and each trading method has different trading strategies.