Connections

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Connections: Find Opportunity
Hiding in Plain Sight

The Connections tool gives investors a 360° view of the investment landscape surrounding any given stock

Think Beyond the Ticker

Whether you're looking to increase exposure, diversify your portfolio, or hedge risks, this tool helps you connect the dots across related instruments, companies, and strategies so you never miss the bigger picture.

Explore related companies, thematic trends, and sector-aligned ETFs, as well as tradable instruments like futures, options and bonds. Go deeper with strategies tied to key economic indicators such as housing data and interest rates, to identify opportunities or hedge exposure. Whether you're looking to build conviction or diversify your position, this is where informed investing starts.

Connections contextualizes the big picture by providing information on:

  • Peer Companies & Themes to help you understand how a stock fits with broader trends across market sectors.
  • Stocks, Options, Futures and Bonds that may align with (or contradict) your strategic focus.
  • Macro Strategies for exploring ideas driven by housing, inflation, and interest rates.
  • Bullish and Bearish Strategies for transforming your insights into action.
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Connections is available in all our trading platforms. To get started, select a security, display the Quote Details window and select the
Connections tab.

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