beaky you say in your location you are 'everywhere', but you talk like an englishman so on that i shall base my assumption.
to go to uni requires UCAS points.
this requires A levels or similar two year course to accumulate said points.
you left school when 17.
the youngest you can be upon starting aforementioned course is 16.
again, it takes two years...
doesnt add up mate and youre losing credibility as we speak.
hell i'd have thought about it if you'd said you were a broker at 18 cos that's believable, but your dates just don't add up.
small brokerage? doesnt matter if its tiny or youre the ceo of coleman you have massively undercut the earnings of most in this industry, and thats because its more believable than telling people you earn 100k +