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Constant maturity credit default swap (CMCDS)

A credit default swap in which protection payments float up and down in line with prevailing credit spreads rather than being fixed. See reference rate, participation rate. Constant maturity credit default swaps are based on the constant maturity swaps common in the interest rate derivatives market but have yet to gain anything like the same level of popularity.

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