Moreover, CDS are the building blocks of CDS indices1 (the IHS Markit iTraxx/CDX indices) which have tended to generate notional trading volumes in the trillions of dollars every quarter. Their use in this space extends to index options and tranches on indices. What is a CDS? More @Wikipedia
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