Bond prices and Yield

Bond prices and yield have an inverse relationship. As selling pressure mounts on bonds, prices drop and causes yields to go up.

ETFs tracking Bond Market

Here’s a table of useful ETFs for trading the bond market, categorized by their focus and leverage:

ETF	Name	Type	Leverage	Description
TLT	iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	Treasury Bonds	None	Tracks long-term U.S. Treasury bonds (20+ years).
TMF	Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares	Leveraged Treasury	3x Long	Amplifies the daily performance of TLT by 3x.
TBT	ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury	Leveraged Treasury	-2x Short	Provides -2x exposure to the performance of long-term Treasury bonds.
IEF	iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	Treasury Bonds	None	Tracks medium-term U.S. Treasury bonds (7-10 years).
SHY	iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	Treasury Bonds	None	Tracks short-term U.S. Treasury bonds (1-3 years).
EDV	Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF	Long-Duration Bonds	None	Focuses on zero-coupon Treasury bonds with long durations.
BND	Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF	Aggregate Bonds	None	Broad exposure to U.S. investment-grade bonds across various maturities.
AGG	iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF	Aggregate Bonds	None	Tracks the U.S. investment-grade bond market, similar to BND.
HYG	iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF	Corporate Bonds	None	Tracks high-yield (junk) corporate bonds.
JNK	SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF	Corporate Bonds	None	Another high-yield corporate bond ETF.
LQD	iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF	Corporate Bonds	None	Tracks investment-grade corporate bonds.
PFF	iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF	Preferred Securities	None	Focuses on preferred shares and income securities.
ZROZ	PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index ETF	Long-Duration Bonds	None	Tracks zero-coupon Treasury bonds with extended durations.
TLH	iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF	Treasury Bonds	None	Tracks Treasury bonds with maturities between 10 and 20 years.
UST	ProShares Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury	Leveraged Treasury	2x Long	Provides 2x daily exposure to the performance of 7-10 year Treasury bonds.
UBT	ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury	Leveraged Treasury	2x Long	Provides 2x daily exposure to the performance of TLT.
TBF	ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury	Inverse Treasury	-1x Short	Provides -1x exposure to long-term U.S. Treasury bonds.