What do you mean by Bid-to-cover ratio in bond auction market?
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Hello,
Bid to cover as the name suggests refers to the ratio of bids received to the amount of bonds being sold.
For example an issue of 1 cr receives bids for 5 cr then the bid to cover ratio is 5. You can think of oversubscription in an IPO. It’s based on similar lines.