CFD Bond Trading
Thunder Markets offers the possibility to trade European and US government bonds with different maturities.
For the past decade, bond traders have experienced a beacon on bond price consistency, followed by central banks rapidly elevated interest rates, leading the spreads to widen across the board on a global scale.
Bonds
Symbol | Currency Base | Description | Margin | Swap Long | Swap Short | Spread | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FGBL.f | EUR | Euro Bund Futures | 20% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| FLG.f | GBP | UK Long Gilt Futures | 20% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TY10.f | USD | US 10yr T-Note | 20% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| EUROB.f | EUR | EURO Bobl Future | 20% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| EUROS.f | EUR | EURO Schatz Future | 20% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| EURIB.f | EUR | EURIBOR Future | 20% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bonds provide a good basis for diversifying a portfolio with shares, indices and precious metals.
In addition, they can reduce major market fluctuations as an admixture in the portfolio.
Bonds are often used as an investment in uncertain times.
The bond price rises when interest rates fall. Conversely, the bond price falls when interest rates rise.
