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Australian bond futures are cash settlement futures. Contract trade at a yield based on the forward yields of a basket of Treasury bonds pre-selected by the Board of the SFE. Typically, 3 to 5 bonds are selected to underlie each contract, based on their liquidity and maturity. The basket may vary from contract month to contract month. The price is quoted as 100 - Yield. The contract value is calculated as the 12% coupon bond discounted by the quoted yield. Example: The price of ATZ7 is $93.655. The forward yield is 100 - 93.655 = 6.354. The price of a 10-year bond with 12% coupons is 141.402. Therefore the contract value is 100,000 * 141.402/100 =141402.93.
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