IB: No Options available for TYX?

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WhenVolsFly

I apologize if this is a stupid question, but why does IB not give me option chains for CBOE interest rate index options? I can get the Index data and I'm subscribed to the options exchange data feeds, but I can't seem to actually get to the product...

This is not the case for other interest rate options I'm interested in (EDs, for example).
 
^TYX is an index and has no options that I can find. You may have better luck with options on ^TYX futures but I haven't found those yet either.

There are some interest rate hedged EFT's appearing but they also have no options.

e.g. HYHG is a high yield corporate bond ETF that is 'interest rate hedged' and yield's north of 4%

So far it looks good:

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?t=1y&s=HYHG&l=on&z=l&q=l&c=tlt&ql=1&c=^GSPC

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=HYHG+Profile

Note that it hedges for interest rate by having short positions in Treasuries.

:-)
 
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