System and method for trading short-term rate derivative futures

摘要

A method and system for facilitating trading of a plurality of financial derivative products are provided. Financial derivative products called strips, packs, bundles, and condors are defined, and each is based on combinations of quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract. The system includes a server at which each product is actively traded, and an interface in communication with the server. The interface enables a user to buy or sell a product. The server accepts bids and offers for strips, packs, bundles, and condors, and also accepts bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract. The server automatically combines accepted bids and offers into sets of quarterly deliveries, and then automatically matches resulting combinations with bids or offers for strips, packs, bundles, or condors, such that market efficiency and liquidity are increased.