Trade Treasuries

Instructions

Once you have subscribed to bond market data via the Portal, you can enter data and trade t-bonds, t-bills and t-notes.

To Trade Treasuries

  1. Enter one of the below symbols in your watchlist.

    • US-T

    • Treasuries

    • US Treasuries

    • US Treasury

    • United States Treasuries

  2. Select Government Bonds.

    The trade treasuries option in TWS.

  3. In the Contract Selection box, use the Type (Bills, Bonds, or Notes), Maturity date, Issue Date and Coupon filter lists to narrow your display choices.

  4. Select the contract(s) and click OK.

    The Contract Selection box in TWS.

  5. If you want to add multiple contracts with different maturities, click Add instead of OK. This will add the selected contracts to your trading screen and then allow you to select a different maturity date and add more contracts. Click OK to close the box.

  6. This Treasury Bond is now added on your watchlist. Click the Ask to create a BUY order, click the Bid to create a SELL order.

 

Additional Resources

Learn About Treasury Bonds in Trader Workstation at IBKR Campus

Visit the Trader Workstation Website