BF101: Bond Futures - Trade Like A Market Maker
Learn how to run a STIR (Bond) futures calendar spread strategy
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Course Curriculum
      
         
      
      Chapter 1 > Strategy Design - Creating Alpha Out of Thin Air: The Magic of Synthetic Assets
      
        
    
    
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            PreviewIntroduction to Synthetic Assets - Why Does It Produce Alpha (9:30)
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            StartTypes of Synthetic Assets - Hedging in Different Ways (Part 1) (8:06)
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            StartTypes of Synthetic Assets - Hedging in Different Ways (Part 2) (5:25)
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            StartManual Trading
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            StartMoving Beyond Spreads – Spread^2 and Others
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            StartDownload Code for the Chapter
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            StartPractice 1 (Questions) - Dollar-Hedged Structure
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            StartPractice 1 (Answers) - Dollar-Hedged Structure (Part 1) (9:18)
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            StartPractice 1 (Answers) - Dollar-Hedged Structure (Part 2) (8:04)
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            StartManipulating the Shapes of Structures using Multipliers (10:22)
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            StartEffect of Multipliers - Summary
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            StartAn Impossible Structure - One Ranging and One Trending
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            StartNormalising the first value to 1
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            StartMarket-Hedging and Other Hedges
 
      
         
      
      Chapter 2 > Bond Futures Synthetic Structures - The Calendar Spreads I
      
        
    
    
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            PreviewBond Futures Calendar Spreads (Part 1) - One of the Most Stable Synthetic Asset - Introduction
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            StartBond Yields and Prices - They are Inverse!
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            PreviewBond Futures Calendar Spreads (Part 2) - Understanding the Fundamental Idea
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            StartFinding Alpha in STIR Futures
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            StartDownload code for this chapter
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            StartCode to download BAX data + 2 Coding tasks for you
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            PreviewDownloading and Cleaning BAX Data (10:46)
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            StartCalculating and Plotting a Double Butterfly in Python (Part 1) (6:06)
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            StartCalculating and Plotting a Double Butterfly in Python (Part 2) (6:53)
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            StartThe Easy Way - Charting STIR Futures Structures on Tradingview
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            StartList of STIR Futures - Common and Less Common STIRs
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            StartOpening a Interactive Brokers Demo account to Trade STIR Futures
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            StartUsing Interactive Brokers' Booktrader (aka price ladder)
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            StartBond Futures Calendar Spreads (Part 3) - The Essence of the Strategy: Execution
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            StartBond Futures Calendar Spreads (Part 4) - The Source of Alpha: Level Up Your Execution
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            StartPrepare for Battle - Set up your Interactive Brokers Layout (Part 1) (6:39)
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            StartPrepare for Battle - Set up your Interactive Brokers Layout (Part 2) (7:59)
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            StartFinding Your Asset in Interactive Brokers
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            StartMental Sums - Calculating Price of Double Butterfly from Booktraders
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            StartTime for Battle! Demonstrating How to Execute a D.Butterfly (Part 1) (8:44)
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            StartTime for Battle! Demonstrating How to Execute a D.Butterfly (Part 2) (8:48)
 
      
         
      
      Chapter 3 > Bond Futures Synthetic Structures - The Calendar Spreads II
      
        
    
    
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            StartNew Weapon - Combination Order
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            StartDemonstrating the new weapon - The Combination Order (7:33)
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            StartUnderstanding the Combination Order
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            StartBond Futures Calendar Spreads (Part 5) - Multi-Quarter Structures and Structures Equivalence
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            StartA New Weapon - Finding Opportunities in the Term Structure (Part 1) (6:07)
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            StartA New Weapon - Finding Opportunities in the Term Structure (Part 2) (7:05)
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            StartTerm Structure and STIR Pricing
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            StartBond Futures Calendar Spreads (Part 6) - Trading with the Drift
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            StartBond Futures Calendar Spreads (Part 7) - Strategy Difficulties and Risks
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            StartDownloading and Storing BAX data in Bulk
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            StartHow much $ do you need for this strategy - Capital Requirements
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            StartBond Futures Calendar Spreads (Part 8) - Backtesting and other Considerations
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            StartSTIR Trade Sizing and Non-Entry/Exit System
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            StartBAX End Note