Where do you find volume figures for treasuries?

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Maverick2608

I have 20+ years of experience trading equities. I have never bought a bond.

When I use the bond scanner at Interactive Brokers and search for treasuries with up to 6 months maturity, I get a list of treasuries with quotes and closing price the day before, but there is no last trading price and no volume figures.

Is there a way to gauge liquidity or does that not matter for treasuries?

Thank you.
 
Most are traded OTC, so no, no volume for daily turnover. Though FINRA reports some aggregate stats.

Maverick2608 said:
I have 20+ years of experience trading equities. I have never bought a bond.

When I use the bond scanner at Interactive Brokers and search for treasuries with up to 6 months maturity, I get a list of treasuries with quotes and closing price the day before, but there is no last trading price and no volume figures.

Is there a way to gauge liquidity or does that not matter for treasuries?

Thank you.
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I use Schwab and Fidelity and have short term treasuries in both. At schwab the spread maybe slightly higher but I made $300 just to park my money (I bought early at the top yield curve, plus I get the coupon on top), Fidelity spreads are better than schwab but you are hard pressed to find a min 20 lot. So the spreads depend on the size. I cannot comment on IB. They are more liquid than CDs.
I never had a problem selling but I always play the short end of the yield.

P.S. There must be a shit load of money at Fidelity
 
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Maverick2608 said:
I found out it was more straightforward just to buy an ETF like VGSH.
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I prefer ETF/ETNs myself. I really like the ones
that go up and down in price on a regular basis
as they are perfect for day trades.

VGSH does not seem that great since there's
not much of a daily spread for the cost, you
were probably just citing that as an example.

Some ETFs can be optioned also.
 
GoldDigger said:
I prefer ETF/ETNs myself. I really like the ones
that go up and down in price on a regular basis
as they are perfect for day trades.

VGSH does not seem that great since there's
not much of a daily spread for the cost, you
were probably just citing that as an example.

Some ETFs can be optioned also.
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It's not for trading. Just buy and hold.
 
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