I think most offshore brokers rely on Bitcoin transfers
True and I think with time we will see them accept other cryptos as payments too, especially stablecoins.
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I can definitely see this happening.
check out this email i got from Kraken
The Senate is about to vote on a bill that could kill crypto
Hi James,
The U.S. Senate is beginning its final deliberations on a āmust-passā bipartisan infrastructure bill. However you feel about the bill, a few senators have included language having nothing to do with infrastructure ā and this language could crush the crypto industry. If passed and signed into law, this bill would dramatically expand U.S. government surveillance over the entire crypto ecosystem.
Fortunately, Senators Wyden, Toomey and Lummis have introduced amendments that would fix the language and clarify that the expansion of the definition of a ābrokerā doesnāt apply to open source software developers or validators like miners or stakers.
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Anyone here trading Treasuries, Gilts, Bunds, JGBās, etc? I feel like Iām missing out on some good volatility, but none of the brokers I use offer any bond trading. Thanks in advance if you know of one that does. FXChoice used to, but I just checked and nothing is listed.
I trade 90d eurodollars, 2 & 10-year note futures @ AMP futuresā¦ if youāre in the US and you want to trade sovereign debt futuresā¦ your best bet is probably Interactive brokers, however their TSW platform is god awful.
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Iām highly concerned about this 10,000 dollar IRS reporting part for crypto in the infrastructure bill, it smacks of facta. CFDs not as vulnerable as DeFi, but not clear all the same.
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They Coming
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They coming alrightā¦
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Some of the traders here comment that they often to frequently withdraw profits, complaining if the withdrawal takes over a day to complete. The more money left in their accounts, though, the more money they can make trading. So it does not make sense to me why they make so many withdrawals UNLESS they have so much money in their accounts, like well above $950,000, that the brokerages require that they be contacted to be given approval to make large trades. Calling or contacting the brokers takes up valuable time which can cause a good trade to vanish in fast moving markets. So maybe these frequently withdrawing traders, if they have really large accounts, to avoid having to call their brokers in advance of large trades, just make smaller trades, but if they just let the profits grow the accounts instead of withdrawing them, soon the account will be so large that far fewer withdrawals will be needed. Since these traders probably do not have $950,000 in their accounts, I keep wondering why they make so many withdrawals. Several trusted brokers here told me that for extremely large trades they want to be contacted before they allow a large trade to go through.
Simply put, different traders may have different needs and/or circumstances. Some traders here may just trade casually or as a side-hustle, for example.
Typically, traders with larger accounts/earnings will not need to take out profits so regularly, unless they are doing so to mitigate risk and/or to reinvest etcā¦
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i donāt understand what you guys talking about, if a trader have a 100k account and decide he/she want to take out anything over 100k in profit on a weekly basis, whatās the problem. when and why a trader withdraws his profit should not be anybody concern.
not trying to be a-hole, but why or when another trader withdraws their profits have never crossed my mind, itās their money
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not promoting this guy and donāt encourage anybody to buy what heās selling, but should I be concerned about why he withdraws his money
($100k withdrawal ). PMG day in the life: Episode 5
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1stā¦ I use variable stops that can get as low as 5 pips. With my risk per trade, after about 100K my system is pretty much maxed out ticket size wise. Without Level 2 + time of sales data, I simply would not feel comfortable trading larger ticket sizes via smaller retail brokersā¦ so anything >100K in the account would just be sitting there, I couldnāt use it anyway.
2ndā¦ I had accounts with Refco, Man Financial/MF Global & PFG Best which all collapsed without noticeā¦ Itās not likely but brokers can disappear at any moment. I prefer my cash 100% in my control as fast as possible.
3rdā¦ There are minimal costs transferring via crypto compared to wire transfers with broker + intermediary corresponding bank fees.
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I donāt know what broker you use, but I have never called a broker for a withdrawal and it takes less then 5min to request my withdrawal in my back office
Who? Because I agree with you and I would never concern myself with what other traders are doing with their money unless there is something beneficial that I can learn from itā¦and thatās usually going to be a matter of risk mitigation, cost-savings, convenience and/or investment related etcā¦
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Methos my comment was about the person who was talking about why would a trader withdraw his own money, i see where you responded and i lump you two together, my bad 
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No worries. And actually, I also do not know what his concerns are.
Honestly, I think that this thread needs a discord channel or something so that we can discuss many topics.
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in reality that should not be a concern of his, there are many reasons why a trader withdraws his profits, Iām just old school where we never mind another manās pocket.