We use a variety of strategies to hedge a portion of our exposure to market risks, primarily interest rate risk and associated risks, including prepayment risk and extension risk. Our risk management strategy takes into consideration our risk / return profile for the current environment and incorporates our investment strategy, the cost of hedging transactions, and our intention to continue to qualify as a REIT. Our hedging strategies are generally not designed to protect our net asset value from spread risk.

The principal instruments that we use to hedge a portion of our exposure to interest rate, prepayment, and extension risks are interest rate swaps and interest rate swaptions. We also utilize TBA contracts, U.S. Treasury securities, and U.S. Treasury futures contracts, primarily through short sales.

As of December 31, 2022, our interest rate hedge portfolio totaled $67.6 billion and covered 124% of our repo funding, other debt and net TBA position.