{"id":224007,"date":"2025-05-15T11:11:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/?post_type=glossary-terms&#038;p=224007"},"modified":"2025-05-15T11:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:11:42","slug":"fed-funds-futures","status":"publish","type":"glossary-terms","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/glossary-terms\/fed-funds-futures\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed Funds Futures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Fed Funds futures<\/strong> are <strong>interest rate derivatives<\/strong> that allow investors to <strong>speculate on or hedge against future changes in the U.S. federal funds rate<\/strong>, which is the <strong>benchmark interest rate<\/strong> set by the <strong>Federal Reserve<\/strong> for overnight loans between banks. These futures trade on the <strong>Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME)<\/strong> and are one of the most closely watched tools for <strong>gauging market expectations<\/strong> of future monetary policy decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each Fed Funds futures contract represents an average <strong>daily federal funds effective rate<\/strong> for a specific <strong>calendar month<\/strong>, expressed as an <strong>annualized interest rate<\/strong>. The contract is priced using the formula:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Price = 100 \u2212 Expected Fed Funds Rat<\/strong>e<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if the market expects a Fed Funds rate of 5.00% for March, the futures contract would trade around <strong>95.00<\/strong>. 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