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Overview of Fixed-Income Tools

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Duration 1:02
Level Beginner
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There are several tools in the IBKR Trader Workstation to enable fixed-income traders and investors to make buy and sell decisions on a host of securities, including government, corporate, and municipal bonds, among others.

In this course, we’ll walk you through how to use these tools— namely how to create and configure fixed income-related watchlists, how to navigate the advanced market— and global bond scanners, and how to use a dedicated bond scanner layout to chart the performance of securities, as well as make order entries.

By the end of this course, you should learn how to search for, select, analyze, and make investment decisions about specific fixed-income products.

Sample Fixed Income Tools in TWS

Predefined Watchlists

Global Bond ScannerAdvanced Market ScannerBond Scanner Layout

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10 thoughts on “Overview of Fixed-Income Tools”

  • orrie cole

    does ibkr offer cds

    • Interactive Brokers

      Hello, thank you for reaching out. IBKR offers only brokered U.S. Certificates of Deposits (CDs) which are listed for trading on a secondary market. Please view the FAQ below for more information:
      https://www.ibkr.com/faq?id=28220937

      We hope this helps!

  • Anonymous

    Hi,

    is it possible to trade CDOs , credit option, CDX( credit default swap indices) and TRS ( total return swap) on interactive broker ?

    • Interactive Brokers

      Hello, thank you for asking. At this time, those products are not offered at IBKR. We hope this answers your question.

  • Anonymous

    Hi – are there risk analytics like ytw, duration, etc. available?

    • Interactive Brokers

      Hello, thank you for reaching out. Yes, you can view this information by running a custom Fixed Income report in PortfolioAnalyst. After logging in to Client Portal, click Performance and Reports> PortfolioAnalyst. Next, click Reports, and under Custom Reports click the + button. Then click “Fixed Income” and fill out the required fields to create the report. This should provide the information.
      For more information on PortfolioAnalyst reports, please review this IBKR Campus course:
      https://www.interactivebrokers.eu/campus/trading-lessons/portfolioanalyst-reports/
      Please reach back out with any additional questions. We are here to help!

  • Oscar

    Hello, can I add non-US fixed income instruments? Will IBKR be able to track cash flows?

  • Oscar

    That’s for prompt response! I notice many local fixed income (Uganda, Kenya) are excluded. Is it possible to extract these from an external source e.g. Bloomberg?

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