Interest Rates Trading & Derivatives
Make more of short term trading opportunities by trading on Interest Rate price movement at City Index.
Spread Bet or Trade CFDs on markets including Short Sterling, Eurodollar and Euribor with tight spreads.
- Tight spreads from 0.02 points
- Choice of 3 Interest Rate markets
- Awarded Best Trading Platform 2019 by OPWA‡
Why trade Interest Rates with City Index?
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Spread Betting and CFD Trading
City Index offers Spread Betting and CFD Trading on Interest Rates. Typically UK investors choose
Spread Betting because any profits are free from UK Capital Gains Tax (CGT)*.
Spread Betting
Best for
Tax-free trading in UK*
Trade type
£ per point
Tax
No UK Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
or Stamp Duty*
Trade on
Global Indices, FX, Shares,
Commodities & more
Commission
Commission free
Platform
Web, mobile and advanced platforms
CFD Trading
Best for
Hedging
Trade type
Buy/sell CFDs
Tax
No UK Stamp Duty. You do pay UK CGT but losses can be offset against tax*
Trade on
Global Indices, FX, Shares,
Commodities & more
Commission
Share CFDs only
Platform
Web, mobile and advanced platforms
Why City Index?
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Why trade Interest Rates?
How to trade Interest Rates
Interest Rates are one of the financial world's most trusted safe havens in times of volatility, making them attractive to traders who speculate on price movements.
Trading on price movements in Interest rates allows you to diversify your investment portfolio. If Interest Rates rise, you can buy or go long on a market. If you think Interest Rates may fall, you can sell or short the market.
With City Index you can trade on Interest Rates with a Spread Betting or CFD Trading account.
Learn to trade Interest Rates
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Learn to trade Interest Rates using our spread betting tutorials
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How to manage risk
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Interest Rate futures
An interest rate future is a futures contract where the buyer and seller agree to the delivery of an interest bearing asset on a future date.
The price of an interest rate future reflects the sentiment of what the market expects the interest to be on the expiry date of the contract.
Interest rate trading focusses on the short term lending markets and lets investors speculate on the future movement of interest rates. They can also be used to hedge against the risk of an interest rate moving in an adverse direction.
How do Interest Rates work?
Interest rate prices displayed are the future rate deducted from 100. For example, a price of 95 would indicate that the market is expecting future interest rates to be 5% (100-5). Interest rates are typically traded as future contracts or over the counter (OTC) between two counterparties.
What are the most popular Interest Rate markets?
Short Sterling
The short sterling contract is a means of speculating on potential changes in the Bank of England’s base rate and is highly correlated to UK interest rates.
Euribor
The Euro Interbank Offered Rate is based on the unsecured lending rates between Eurozone banks. Euribor rates range from one month to a year.
Eurodollar
Rates paid on US dollars held by banks outside the United States. The price is based on the Eurodollar futures contract traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME).
How are interbank rates set?
Unlike the rates set by central banks, interbank rates are based on information collected from a wide range of banks. For example, Euribor is based on rates submitted daily by banks around the Euro area.
Where are Interest Rates traded?
Interest rates are typically traded as futures contracts on futures exchanges. Interest rate futures constitute one of the largest financial markets in the world in terms of their daily volume. There are many companies and investors who want to be able to protect themselves from the risk of interest rates changes by hedging.
Interest rate futures can also be traded bi-laterally between direct counterparties over-the–counter (OTC).
Who trades Interest Rates?
Interest-rate derivatives are often used as hedges by institutional investors as well as banks, companies and individuals to protect themselves against changes in market interest rates. They can also be used to increase or refine the holder's risk profile.
What moves Interest Rate markets?
- Rates set by central banks, including expectations of future rate changes
- Health of a country’s economy
- Inflation – higher inflation may cause central banks to raise rates
- Lack of confidence on the part of banks in lending to each other
- Lack of liquidity in the interbank market – this means that there are fewer banks willing / able to lend, allowing those that will lend to raise their rates, especially on short term money
Trading Interest Rates with City Index
- At City Index we offer spread bets and CFDs on a variety of UK and EU interest rates
- Instruments offered include Euribor, Eurodollar and Short Sterling.