The Treasury basis trade simply consists of selling Treasury futures and buying Treasuries, and using massive dollops of leverage to turn their small but persistent price divergence — driven by a ...

Huge washouts hit the $29 trillion Treasury market in recent days, as investors looking to exploit small price differences in the bedrock of financial markets were overcome by volatility resulting ...

The strong demand for crypto-based ETFs brought new products, including a recently filed basis trade ETF for BTC and ETH. Defiance, one of the current ETF issuers, has filed with the US SEC for two ...

From a technical view, the market completed an expected retracement from the October 2022 lows. Given the deep oversold condition, President Trump’s announcement to pause tariffs led to the 3rd ...

The basis trade has swelled to roughly $1.5 trillion, underscoring the need to closely monitor its size to avoid a repeat of the market eruption seen in 2020, according to Morgan Stanley strategists.

Markets are always hunting for the next big trade. In 2026, I believe the trade will be a new wrinkle on the traditional basis trades where investors go long Digital Asset Treasury companies (DATs), ...

Everyone is suddenly talking about a "basis trade." It might be the wrong one. Huge washouts hit the $29 trillion Treasury market in recent days, as investors looking to exploit small price ...