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Credit Index Swap Trading: Investment Grade vs High Yield
Notional value of new credit index swap trades per week, $ billions
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Investment grade · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
High yield · Continuation · the recent trend, flattening · 30 days
Dashed: the projection from the latest reading. Shaded: the range about two in three outcomes land in. A projection, not a promise.
CFTC Weekly Swaps Report: CDX, iTraxx, tranches, swaptions and total return swaps. Starts with the CFTC's December 2022 method change. Single-name CDS are not included.
How much credit protection is changing hands each week through index swaps, the main tool for hedging corporate credit.
What this chart reads
- Credit Index Swaps: Weekly Trading Volume, Investment Grade (CFTC)as “Investment grade”latest 2026-10-02
- Credit Index Swaps: Weekly Trading Volume, High Yield (CFTC)as “High yield”latest 2026-10-02
Sources
Credit Index Swaps: Weekly Trading Volume, Investment Grade (CFTC). Source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Weekly Swaps Report, credit tables 13–15. Public domain.
Credit Index Swaps: Weekly Trading Volume, High Yield (CFTC). Source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Weekly Swaps Report, credit tables 13–15. Public domain.
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