Book Open Trades for Interest Rate Swaps

To manually book an open trade for an interest rate swap contract, pay leg, and receive leg:

  1. From any Eagle window, click the Eagle Navigator button to access the Eagle Navigator.
  2. Enter Book Trade in the Start Search text box.
  3. Click the Book Trade (Accounting Center) link to access the Book Trade tool.
    You see the Query window as the default.
  4. Complete the options in the Query window and click Start Search.
  5. Select the row with the security you want to trade.
  6. Click Open and click Open Swap Contract.
    You see the Open Interest Rate Swap panel.
  7. Add the contract, pay leg, and receive leg on the Open Interest Rate Swap panel.
    Once you enter the basic trade details, the multi row pane at the bottom of the panel opens up.
    The example that follows shows how multiple legs are displayed the Open Interest Rate Swap panel.             

    The panel refreshes when you click the contract, pay leg, or receive leg rows in the multi row pane.
  8. Click Submit.
    Once the trade is booked, it follows all core accounting processes.