Interactive Brokers Unveils Connections Tool for Enhanced Investment Discovery Across 160 Global Markets.

Interactive Brokers has launched a new tool called Connections, which integrates stocks, ETFs, options, and futures across 160 global markets to aid investors in exploring thematic trends and related market instruments. Connections provides cross-asset insights and helps investors uncover new trading opportunities, manage risk, and diversify their portfolios. The tool is part of Interactive Brokers' sophisticated platform, which also includes global valuation comparisons and sentiment analysis.

Interactive Brokers (IBKR) has introduced a new feature called Connections, designed to aid investors in exploring thematic trends and related market instruments across 160 global markets. The tool integrates stocks, ETFs, options, and futures, providing cross-asset insights to help investors uncover new trading opportunities, manage risk, and diversify their portfolios [1].

Built directly into the IBKR platform, Connections enables users to explore related stocks, ETFs, options, economic indicators, and other products from one centralized location. The tool combines cross-asset insights from various financial instruments, including stocks, options, futures, bonds, Forecast Contracts, themes, and more. This comprehensive approach helps investors discover relationships that might otherwise go unnoticed [1].

"Clients of Interactive Brokers can access stocks, options, futures, currencies, bonds, funds, and more across 160 global markets from a single integrated platform," said Milan Galik, Chief Executive Officer of Interactive Brokers. "That breadth is the result of decades of work expanding our product offering and geographic reach, and it’s what makes Connections possible. By bringing all of this together, Connections helps our clients uncover opportunities that other platforms simply cannot match" [1].

Connections offers a range of features to assist investors, including data on peer companies, themes, Forecast Contracts tied to economic indicators such as housing starts and interest rates, ETFs, options, futures, bonds, and trading strategies. This gives investors a complete and flexible toolkit for discovering new opportunities, managing risk, or building ideas around a specific stock or theme [1].

Real-world use cases demonstrate the tool's versatility. For instance, a user analyzing a well-known technology company may uncover lesser-known competitors in cloud storage and explore the Cloud Computing theme to view other connected names within that industry. An investor with a long position in a major homebuilder can explore Forecast Contracts linked to new home sales or view options strategies that could reduce exposure to shifts in housing data. For emerging topics like Carbon Capture, users can identify companies linked to the theme through ETFs, revenue streams, or macroeconomic factors, revealing new ideas and insights that may not be immediately obvious [1].

In addition to Connections, Interactive Brokers provides a comprehensive set of discovery tools, including global valuation comparisons, sentiment analysis, bond screening, and securities lending insights. These tools are designed to help investors uncover opportunities across markets, asset classes, and investment styles [1].

To learn more about the Connections tool, visit the Interactive Brokers website for information specific to your region [1].

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[1] https://www.01net.it/interactive-brokers-launches-connections-tool-for-smarter-investment-discovery/