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Hong kong stamp duty is 0.1% for both buyer and seller. https://www.hkex.com.hk/eng/market/sec_tradinfo/trancost.htm Shanghai is 0.1% seller only https://biz.sse.com.cn/sseportal/en/c04/c01/c04/c01/p1293/c1504010401_p1293.shtml There is no stock capital gain tax in HK for individuals. I am...

1) a) For Hong Kong "Hang Seng Index" http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=%5EHSI+Historical+Prices b) For Shanghai "SSE Composite Index" http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=000001.SS+Historical+Prices c) For Shenzhen "SZSE Component Index" http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=399001.SZ+Historical+Prices 2)...

Hi Jack, What does "D" mean in the 30 min and 5 min columns? Stay healthy.

More info from some CPA in HK. Chinese https://hk.knowledge.yahoo.com/question/question?qid=7007022600955 English translation...

If you plan to buy your apartment without mortgage, it is better to trade non-HK instruments. It doesn't matter you trade using your personal account or a BVI company account. If IRD sends a letter to you regarding your source of income, you just reply you trade xxx market. Remember to keep your...

I guess you are having problems applying mortgage. I had similar experience about 10 years ago. We (my biz partner and I) had a BVI company doing some overseas IT project and paying zero HK tax. Let me highlight some points which may help you getting mortgage. 1. The company had a recurrent...

Hi, You may want to take a look at https://github.com/blampe/IbPy It works with TWS API but doesn't support FIX.

SSE composite and FTSE A50 are different. SSE composite is the composite index of top 50 market cap stocks traded at Shanghai Stock Exchange only. FTSE A50 is the composite index of top 50 market cap stocks traded at either Shanghai Stock Exchange or Shenzhen Stock Exchange...

Hi, 1. You need to pay 0.1% stamp duty, no matter what timeframe you trade. 2 & 3. You may want to take a look on the some HK stocks intraday volume. You will notice some volume spikes near market open and close. See if the volume is good enough for "easily filled."...

Hi Jack: Were trades 54,58,60,63,67 on the tape fractal? these trades don't look like on the traverse fractal. Thanks!

Hi fareastcoast: Do you mind telling me the monthly fee of Elektron? I am looking for a pure Linux solution for replacing QuoteCenter.

I am still using QC for ATS. Here are some comments: a) The snapshot update interval is around 1 second. b) My server is running in Hong Kong. The network connectivity is not very good. Having some disconnections from time to time. The longest disconnection time was 4 hours. I am not sure it...

I tried to install QuoteCenter on CentOS 5 and Scientific Linux 6 using wine. Both failed.

Hi Tiki, see if this is what you want. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/35784025/Meetup_2006-06-22_Illustrated_text%20Putting%20the%20Pieces%20Together.pdf Enjoy!

You can open a bank account in HSBC but I am not sure you can do an ACH transfer to US. I think you can wire transfer from HSBC HK to your US trading account.