www.schwab.com speed test — 20 Oct 2026
Measured from the wfix.shop server on 20 October 2026 at 13:23 UTC. Grade B (86/100), with the screenshots, the timings and the fixes that matter.
Where the first byte went
- DNS lookup 63 ms 16%
- TCP connect 53 ms 13%
- Server wait 290 ms 71%
Measured on the connection that fetched the HTML. Every other request on the page waits for the end of this bar before it can start.
How this page compares
Every report published here is in this comparison, so it is a reference population of pages tested from one server - not a benchmark of the whole web.
What these numbers mean
- The first byte arrived in 406 ms. That is workable, and the cheapest win left is caching or a warmer connection.
- The page transfers 1.07 MB over 26 request(s). Javascript files are 67% of it, so defer what is not needed for the first screen, and drop tags nobody uses.
- The HTML itself arrives gzip-compressed.
- It runs over HTTP/3, so the assets share a connection instead of opening one each.
- The largest element painted at 324 ms, inside the 2.5 s Google calls good.
- Layout stayed still (CLS 0.004), so nothing jumps under the reader's cursor.
Fix first: Server response time (TTFB) - Cut server think time: page cache, query indexes, fewer synchronous calls to third parties inside the request. Connection setup is distance, so a nearer region or a CDN edge helps instead.
Read on one shared server, not a visitor's phone: use it to compare pages against each other, not as a promise about every connection. We fix what these tests find.
Screenshot
What the page looks like
Loaded in headless Chromium on this server. Click an image to open it full size.
Browser render
The same URL loaded in a real browser, so these are the readings curl cannot produce. The grade above is still built from the server measurements.
Page weight by type
What the page is made of
Transfer size, compressed as sent. 26 request(s) in total, 1.07 MB across all of them.
Top issues
Server response time (TTFB)
high impactThe first byte arrived after 406 ms. Of that, 290 ms was the server thinking and 116 ms was connection setup. A first byte under 400 ms is what a visitor feels as instant.
Fix: Cut server think time: page cache, query indexes, fewer synchronous calls to third parties inside the request. Connection setup is distance, so a nearer region or a CDN edge helps instead.
Render-blocking resources
high impact9 render-blocking resource(s) in the document head (3 script(s), 6 stylesheet(s)). The page cannot paint until each one arrives.
Fix: Add defer or async to scripts that do not change the first paint, inline the critical CSS, and load the rest with media="print" plus an onload swap.
Total page weight
medium impactThe page transfers 1.07 MB across 26 request(s), with the document itself at 99.6 KB.
Fix: Work through the heaviest assets first: images, then fonts, then third-party scripts.
HTML document size
medium impactThe document transfers 99.6 KB. A bloated document delays every other request, because nothing else can start until it is parsed.
Fix: Paginate long listings, move repeated markup into a template, and stop inlining large data URIs into the HTML.
JavaScript weight
medium impact1 JavaScript file(s) over 200 KB: 12zp1sxh5bb__.js (562.6 KB)
Fix: Split routes, remove unused dependencies, and prefer a two-file build (one pinned library, one application bundle) over many small ones.
Waterfall
Slowest requests
Each bar is one request's own response time, scaled to the slowest. Assets were fetched in parallel, so the bars overlap in real time rather than stacking. first party third party
| Request | Type | Status | Time | Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://www.schwab.com/sites/g/files/eyrktu1401/files/BCustomer%E2%80%A8Service_StockBrokers.com__1.jpg | images | 200 | 1.20 s | 20.1 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/sites/g/files/eyrktu1401/files/Overall%E2%80%A8Broker_StockBrokers.com__1.jpg | images | 200 | 1.20 s | 19.5 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/0~kqk-lq2n53h.js | javascript | 200 | 1.19 s | 65.8 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/sites/g/files/eyrktu1401/files/AdobeStock_165118852_2x1sm.jpg | images | 200 | 1.16 s | 63.7 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/04l.d6xvhfkya.js | javascript | 200 | 1.12 s | 11.9 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/themes/custom/sch_retail/imgs/oyt.png | images | 200 | 1.09 s | 11.7 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/themes/custom/sch_beacon/images/X.svg | images | 200 | 1.09 s | 289 B |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/turbopack-0o.f80w3iwira.js | javascript | 200 | 1.05 s | 4.3 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/sites/g/files/eyrktu1401/files/Analysis-sm.jpg | images | 200 | 1.05 s | 35.1 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/build-TfctsWXpff2fKS/_buildManifest.js | javascript | 200 | 1.05 s | 371 B |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/12zp1sxh5bb__.js | javascript | 200 | 1.05 s | 562.6 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/turbopack-074wm5babwb3o.js | javascript | 200 | 1.04 s | 4.3 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/build-TfctsWXpff2fKS/_ssgManifest.js | javascript | 200 | 1.04 s | 138 B |
| https://www.schwab.com/sites/g/files/eyrktu1401/files/NL_KitOfParts_LifeEventssm.jpg | images | 200 | 1.04 s | 31.3 KB |
| https://style.schwab.com/cdn/cd/acba24eb80b4ae58372aad597b5b1b2d/8e4dfddd7ddc182a50f7fc31f40474a5/icon.jpg 3rd party | images | 200 | 1.03 s | 631 B |
| https://www.schwab.com/themes/custom/sch_beacon/images/Facebook.svg | images | 200 | 1.03 s | 506 B |
| https://www.schwab.com/sites/g/files/eyrktu1401/files/Interest-Rates-and-Options-Pricessm.jpg | images | 200 | 1.02 s | 39.6 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/03~yq9q893hmn.js | javascript | 200 | 1.02 s | 38.9 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/0rydr8ot-5bfd.js | javascript | 200 | 1.02 s | 32.0 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/0r982qqsfa~qn.js | javascript | 200 | 1.00 s | 6.1 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/_meganav-mfe/_next/static/chunks/15dmwbl_.idj~.js | javascript | 200 | 996 ms | 5.4 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/sites/g/files/eyrktu1401/files/Mobile%20Trading%20Apps_StockBrokers.com__0_1.jpg | images | 200 | 995 ms | 21.0 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/themes/custom/sch_beacon/images/Youtube.svg | images | 200 | 994 ms | 416 B |
| https://www.schwab.com/themes/custom/sch_beacon/images/LinkedIn.svg | images | 200 | 987 ms | 1.2 KB |
| https://www.schwab.com/sites/g/files/eyrktu1401/files/3.7-earn-blue-graphic.png | images | 200 | 973 ms | 18.5 KB |
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