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Interest Rate Derivatives
BAX
Futures Flash Series
- April 2021 - Jun/Sep CGB Roll: A Roll Unlike the Others
- April 2021 - Forecasting/Understanding Negative Basis in Futures
Government of Canada Bond Futures
CGZ – Two-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures
CGF – Five-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures
- CGF as Substitute for 5y Benchmark Bonds - Strategy Comparison: 2013-2020
- 5-year Cash vs. CGF Futures vs. 5-year IRS: A Comparative Analysis
- CGF as Substitute for 5y Benchmark Bonds
- CGF – Mapping the Possibilities
- CGF Implied Repo Analysis
- CGF Invoice Spread
- Opportunity to Sell CGFZ6 Basis
CGB – Ten-Year Government of Canada Bond Futures
- The Collapse of Long-Term Forward Yields
- CGB as Substitute for 10y Benchmark Bonds - Strategy Comparison: 2011-2020
- New Year, New CGB Opportunity?
- Compare and Contrast: Shorting CGB Versus 10-Year Benchmark
- CGB Case Study: Wildcard Option Exercise
- Preview: 2018 Annual CTD Switch for CGB
- Hedging Provincial Bonds with CGB Contracts
- CGB – Driven Leverage and Credit Overlay
- CGB – A Guide to Futures Roll Analysis
- CGB as Substitute for 10y Benchmark Bonds
- Auction, Benchmark, CGB, or Off-the-Run?
General
- CPI/Reflation Trade in Canada
- Think Outside the Benchmark
- COVID-19 Recovery: Canada versus the USA
- CGF CGB - Understanding the Implied Repo Rate
- Five Ideas in a Challenging Bond Market
- Wildcard Option Simulation
- 2019 Spring Bond Events
- Canada/US: Across the Curve
- Long Maturity Canada Yields Are Not For You
- CGF CGB – Removing the Bias from 5-10 Steepeners
- Embedded Options in CGF and CGB Futures
- Canada Swap Spreads (CGF & CGB)
- Canada’s Seasonal "Mortgage Trade"
Roll Updates
- CGZ CGF CGB – H21-M21 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – Z20-H21 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – U20-Z20 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – M20-U20 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – H20-M20 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – Z19-H20 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – U19-Z19 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – M19-U19 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – H19-M19 Roll Update
- CGF CGB – Z18-H19 Roll Update
Equity Derivatives
SXF - S&P/TSX 60 Index Standard Futures
- Cost of Trading: a Cash Market vs Futures Market Comparison
- Carry opportunities: How to identify and exploit it
- A guide to SXF roll
SXF - Roll Updates
SMJ - S&P/MX International Cannabis Index Futures
SEG - S&P/TSX 60 ESG Index Futures
- Strategy Focus: Carving out Energy Stock from the S&P/TSX 60 ESG Index
- ESG Index Futures Outperform their Parent Index Benchmark
Equity & ETF Options
- Analysing the Implied volatility term structure
- Option-based signals and systematic strategies
- Cost of Trading: a Cash Market vs Futures Market Comparison
- Stock financing and option prices
- Covered Calls: Managing Risk Exposure and Generating Value During Volatile Times
- Options on leveraged ETFs
- Options on unhedged ETFs and inter-listed stocks
- Index options and correlation trading
- High volatility: the case of cannabis stocks
- Interest rates regimes and option prices
- Covered calls are the same as cash-secured puts: How equivalent positions can help you size up a strategy
- What is volatility and how does it impact option selling returns?
- The good the bad and the ugly – market lore and overwriting?
- Using Options to Hedge Sectoral Risk
