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Mostly a bond execution venue for institutional clients. In addition to a wide range of bond offerings, including international and Chinese bonds, they also cross MBS, IRS, CDS, Repo, commercial paper, Options (I think), and other institutional instruments. Notably, not equities. Started way...

…ooh I thought you meant the general WiFi from your ISP. You should be ok trading in 5-minute time ranges (which is not that fast in today’s world). If you were scalping or running algos in milliseconds I’d say no.

I wouldn’t trust it. I want my own hardwired connection to trade. Shit man peeps pay hundreds of thousands to be in a cage to have hookups and ur using community wifi? Invest in a landline.

- I do like bonds now because methinks that the rates will level off and steepen, especially now that the debt ceiling was raised an the Treasury will be floating billions of dollars in new issues to refill their coffers. - Real rate is irrelevant because inflation applies to all instruments - I...

They pay a big monthly dividend.

What's your timeframe? - If you're in seconds, or below, you'll want a hardwired connection. - If you're trading bonds MoM, doesn't matter; you could probably use the Postal Service.

A friend hit me with a tough argument to counter. I was preaching my love of the bond markets, and then opined that the top ETFs are superior: they pay a solid yield, are heavily diversified to minimize risk, and have minimal fees. They are superior to a passive fund (like NYSE:SPY) because...

YES!! This is great... thanks for pointing me in the right direction.

Don't lash out at people like that.

And sushi

Who’d have thought that math proficiency is needed in finance and trading? Anyone want to break it to him about Black-Scholes-Merton, Stochastic Calc, Probability, bond math (including duration formula), and the Greeks? Also, those stocks you’re trading? Without doing the math, you’re...

It puzzles me why would you respond like this. I'm not making this up--I did some research for you, cited references, and quoted IB documentation... see below. I'm guessing your withdrawal request is stuck in "Pending," and you're taking it out on me? (see footnote at bottom)...

I’ve been green for years. Haven’t lost a penny, drinking good liquor, and eating a lot of steak—in the fixed income markets. Near-term T bonds yielding 5½%, much more with timely coupon reinvestment, laddering, and compound interest (i.e. “Total Return”). If you’re willing to tolerate more...

I’m at 35-36

This doesn’t answer the question; it doesn’t matter how long the funds were there, it matters where they came from. Where did the original funds come from? Your account in the UK, or elsewhere…were they from a different account? Also if you already withdrew 150k you should know how long it...

Was the initial deposit for the funds made from your UK bank account? In other words, did you fund the Hong Kong account from your UK account? It matters—a lot. From the tone of your post it sounds like this is exactly what your trying to do—and it will set off a lot of red flags. You’re using...

Thanks Thanks! The help desk at Schwab said nothing about this… perhaps because I was asking about StreetSmart Edge.

I actually called them and talked it over. I was told that there is no bond scanner in StreetSmart. Where did you do this agency bond search?

Yes thanks I was with a bond execution venue for years… I’ve seen the dollar amounts. What is the cost of sponsorship?

Ooh... ok.. Do I need to be licensed? Also, are you able to sponsor me for licensure? Correct if wrong, but these licenses require sponsorship from a registered party. In other words, I can't just sign up and take the test; I need to be affiliated with an approved company. I'd rather not spin...