A good complimentary chart to the ted spread:
Animated US yield curve
http://stockcharts.com/freecharts/yieldcurve.php
Set trail length slider to maximum on the right then press animate
I'm guessing you might be a US citizen since you know about options and not CFDs, which case unfortunately you can't as CFDs are illegal for US citizens.
Markets are looking more lively than a morgue at the moment
I think we seeing some accumulation around these levels, if euro tanks so should gold and indexes will rally, but would still like to see USDX hit into 94s
I'm abit more careful then shorting trend line breaks like most retail suckers reacting to price in the middle of no where after a 130 point move, instead of anticipating it ;)