10y yield and 10y t-note

How do one calculate this, if the 10y yield goes to 3% this year, what will be the price of the 10 y t-note?
 
With a 3% coupon and a 10 year maturity the price will be exactly 100.00.

Otherwise, not enough information to answer the question.

You need to specify coupon and maturity date.
 
With a 3% coupon and a 10 year maturity the price will be exactly 100.00.

Otherwise, not enough information to answer the question.

You need to specify coupon and maturity date.
I thought par for ZN was 6% not 3%. I'm far from an expert here.
 
jeb9999

thanks for Your reply,
let me put it another way. If i belive interest rates will increase substantially over the next 12 months, how would you suggest to capitalize on this?
 
You can get a rough guide using the CME website Treasury Analytics tool. The number you want is the DV01 for the 10-yr future. If you divide that by the tick value of the t-notes you have a rough map of basis point changes to futures ticks. The number varies depending on which bond is selected as deliverable: the given 4 values for DV01 for each future (current contract, next contract) and CTD vs on-the-run shows this quite well (DV01 is in general not static from day-to-day but does not vary massively).
 
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Quote from contract specs: "U.S. Treasury notes with a remaining term to maturity of at least six and a half years, but not more than 10 years, from the first day of the delivery month. The invoice price equals the futures settlement price times a conversion factor, plus accrued interest. The conversion factor is the price of the delivered note ($1 par value) to yield 6 percent."

So you are not betting on 10 year yields, but a range of yields from 6 1/2 to 10 years. Be aware of that. If you want to bet on the 10y yields in particular, take a look at the Ultra 10 (TN). Their range is from 9 1/2 and 10 years time to maturity.
 
With the caveat noted by the other poster (the CTD for ZN, aka TY, is actually 7y maturity), the very rough rule of thumb, as I mentioned in another thread, is that a move of roughly a full point is equivalent to arnd 11bps. You can use this quick and dirty calc to get a sense.
 
Thanks for replies,

What do you suggest is the best way to profit from rising interest rates in 2017? People who I have faith in think the 10-year interest may hit 3 and maybe also 4 % this year, so how to profit from it?
 
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