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Bloomberg API

https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/support/api-library/

Commands and short description in no particular order

The best site is https://guides.library.yale.edu/Bloomberg/bloomberg_docs

Menus, Help, etc

• Hot HELP key twice – to reach to help line
• BHL – Help and Learning
• FLDS – Data finder
• HL space data field – Search Bloomberg for example, HL Duration will find definition for duration
• TRAI – Training request
• SMNR – Bloomberg seminar and webcasts
• MSG – messages, to retrieve previous emails
• HDSK – Help desk to retrieve the previous conversations
• MAIN – Main menu of Bloomberg functions
• GRAB – grab screen and email to yourself
• SECF – Security finder
• USER – user group
• w – security worksheet

Launchpad

• BLP – Bloomberg Launchpad
• LLP

Launchpad is the most powerful tool to customize investor’s need. It gives a tremendous flexibility. Start with BLP GO

And then

Global markets

• WEI  –  world indices
• WEIF – Futures price
• WEI>>MOV – Equity index mover
• MEMB – member weighting
• WPE – World P/E
• ECST – Economic statistics by country
• WEX – cross currency rate
• FXC – currency rates matrix
• RATC – rating revisions monitor
• BTMM – interest rates and the bond market
• USSW – Treasury I swaps monitor pages
• FIT – Fixed income trading
• WB – World bond markets
• CDR – markets calendar
• MMR – Money  market LIBOR
• SRCH – Corp Government Bond search
• CRVF All yiled curve
• PICK – Muni Offerings

Economy /Macroeconomic analysis

• ECO – Economic announcements
• MA – Mergers and acquisition

Industry analysis

• BI – Bloomberg industries or Bloomberg Intelligence
• ICS – Classification browser
• ICS BICS – Bloomberg industries

Microstructure data

• GIP – interday price
• QR – time/sales
• BQ – Bloomberg guote
• BAS – broker activity
• AQT – average quote
• VAP – Volume at price
• TSM – trade summary matrix
• OMON – Customizable option monitor
• OVME – option valuation
• OSCH – option screening
• OTD – Option description
• GIV – Graph intraday volatility
• GV – Graph volatility
• SKEW – Volatility skew graph

Index analysis

• TRA – Total return
• MOV -Index movers
• MRR – Member returns
• MEMB – Member weights

Screening tools

• EQS – query and download into Excel
• BI – Bloomberg intelligence (You can go to industry breakdown)
• MOST – Most active securities
• FPC – Mutual fund ranked returns
• ECDR – IPO calendar
• PDF –

Technical analysis

• TECH – Technical study browser
• GP –  Graph price
• GIP – Intraday price chart
• RSI – relative strength
• WLPR – Williams %R a signal for directional change
• RSI – Relative Strength Index
• BOLL – Bollinger bands
• DMI – Directional movement index
• MACD – Mov ave convergence
• TAS – Stochastics
• TE – Trading envelopes

News

• N – News and Research functions
• NSE >> USS – US stock market news
• NSE >> NFLX – NFLX-related news
• NSE>>OPN – Opening market commentary
• CN – Individual company news
• READ – Most read stories
• OPIN – Bloomberg opinion
• MEDI – Bloomberg Media
• TOP – top Bloomberg news

STOCK

• DES – company description
• FA – financial analysis (you can change from annual to quarterly)
• MGMT – Executives and boards
• CN – Company news
• ISSD – Company overview
• ANR – analyst recommendations
• WACC – cost of capital
• Beta – beta
• SPLC – supply chain
• DVD – Dividends, Stock splits
• ERN Earnings Summary
• EE – Earnings Estimates
• GE – P/E Graph – Valuation
• EM – Estimates Matrix
• ANR – Analyst Recommendations
• PHDC – Institutional & Insider Holders
• CRPR – Credit Ratings
• CACS – Corporate Action Calendar
• CF – Corp Filings – SEDAR/EDGAR Provides access to publicly available filings for research purposes.
• OWN – Ownership summary
• HE – P/E table
• RV – Relative valuation
• EQRV – Equity relative valuation
• COMP – Comparative total return
• HP – Historical price table
• SI – Short interest
• RV – Relative valuation

Treasuries / Corporate Bond

• WB – world bond market
• SRCH – Bond search
• YCRV – yield curve analysis

FX

• FXC – Currency rates matrix
• WCR – world currency rates
• OVDV – Currency Volatility

Options

Commodities

• GLCO -Global commodity prices

Tables

• LEAG – League tables

EXCEL

• XLTP – Export certain analysis

ESG

• ESG

Portfolio

• PRTU – portfolio creation
• PORT – portfolio analysis

Bloomberg API

• BQLX – new query for Bloomberg API
• FLDS – Data filed finder
• TRAI – setting up a training via web
• WAPI – Bloomberg API Development (the best way to learn BQLX)
• DAPI – Bloomberg Desktop API

EQS – Spreadsheet builder (in Excel)

Mutual fund / ETF

• FUND – Fund home
• Bloomberg-Funds or this one might be better tmp38 or this one Cheat Sheet by David J Abner
• Bloomberg Fund Classification
• ETF – ETF
• FSRC – fund screening ; use screening criteria. for example, type ETF etc…
• FSCO – Score and rank funds
• FMAP – top-down analysis
• NI FND, or NI ETF, Or NI HEDGE – fund news, or ETF new, or Hedge fund news
• HFA – historical return analysis
• FREP – generate fund report
• HDS – institutional holdings
• FLNG – 13F holdings
• RV and RVC  – peer group or relative valuation
• TRA – Total return analysis

Industry analysis

• BI <GO>: Bloomberg Intelligence provides key industry data, interactive charting and written analysis by Bloomberg industry experts.  Also provides industry fundamental statistics, market share, ESG and other metrics across industries: i.e. retailers, airlines, global auto manufacturing, etc.
• IFS <GO>: Industry fundamental statistics provides industry specific metrics across certain industries: US retailers, US airlines and global auto manufacturers.
• RES <GO>: Research search engine allows searching by industry, region, company ticker, and more for available analyst reports.
• RV <GO>: Market Relative Value provides broad comparison of relative value and performance indices.
• EE <GO>: Earnings Analysis provides data by sector/industry and analysis for EPS, net income and sales.
• BI BESGG <GO>: ESG indicators industry analysis dashboard.