Central Markets offers offline trading on a range of Sovereign, Government and Corporate Bonds. These positions can be viewed online through Central Markets trading platforms, all in real-time.

Deposit Investment Collateral in Bonds

Bond collateral up to 95% which can be used for trading other products, such as Forex and CFDs. Existing Bonds can also be deposited with Central Markets as margin collateral.

Fixed Income Bonds at Central markets:

• Up to 95% of Bonds collateral can be used for trading margin products which Central Market offer
• Central Markets client's enjoy Low trade commissions of only 0.08%, and can trade a selection of Sovereign, Government and Corporate Bonds
• Real-time monitoring of your positions through Central Markets online trading platforms
• Clients have access to charts and issuer information

About Bond trading

Bond trading offers an alternative to margin trading when stocks etc are volatile. They can be a conservative portfolio safe guard component of your trading strategy.

With Central markets, clients can place an order over the telephone or by just e-mailing enquiries@centralmarkets.co.uk.

All Bonds are traded offline, but can be monitored on Central Markets online platforms.

Central Markets also accept market orders on all Bond positions.

Commissions and fees for off-line bond trading

The commission for offline traded bonds are 0.05% and the minimum trade size for bonds accepted by Central Markets is EUR 100,000.

An annual custody fee of:

Bond currency	Annual fee
EUR	0.030%
USD	0.035%
GBP	0.025%
NOK	0.025%
DKK	0.025%
CZK	0.25%
Other currencies	0.045%

Bond margin collateral

Central markets allows collateral invested in Bonds to be used for margin trading activities (Forex, CFDs and Futures trading).

The percentage of the collateral that can be used for margin trading depends on the rating of the bond:

Definition	Margin collateral
Highest rating	95%
Very high quality	90%
High quality	80%

Lower rated bonds are not accepted as collateral for margin trading.

Coupon payments

Coupon payments from bond positions will be credited to the client’s account, less any applicable withholding taxes.

US residents

Please note that due to regulatory restrictions only Forex Spot, Forex OTC options, Central markets Managed FX funds, Spot Gold and Silver can currently be offered to US residents.