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No problem here.

IB's commission is a flat rate of 0.08%. You can do better with a local broker. If you're trading stocks, I see no advantage in using IB's platform. But for futures I would go with IB for sure.

A combination of factors mainly related to my set up with 5 monitors. Things such as having the max of 3 BookTraders open for JGB, Topix and STW futures. There would not be any problem using IB for Nikkei if I rearranged things. Do you need quality charting, or is what Matsui offers...

No prop firms. Might be a regulatory problem or maybe just no demand. Have you looked at IB? That would be the only English platform that I know of. I looked around for one for someone else but no luck. With so little demand for one here in Japan that's understandable. Also, IB would be the...

If you can afford using so much space for BookTrader, your way is just fine. But if you should ever be cramped for space you might want to give my setup a try. I've used both, and can't imagine ever changing back. But you should wait to test it out until IB changes back to the pre-891 system or...

I don't know if this will be of help to you or not but the following news from TSE came out yesterday to where they will now allow qualified foreign brokers to trade directly on TSE even though they don't have offices in Japan. Would you be able to tie up with such a broker...

>OldTrader Thank you very much for your reply and for going to the trouble of sending the attachment. With that large display I now see why you are not experiencing the problem caused by the change that was made to the Re-center function in 891. I use 4 or 5 monitors too, but all...

>philerup 2. should have been SBI's Hyper SBI. They changed the name. And 4. is Okasan's Okasan NetTrader

Hi, Yes, IB offers Japanese stocks and futures on TSE and OSE. No problem.

Matsui's platform was developed and is supplied to a number of brokers by Simplex. Orix, Joinvest and others I can't recall use it. The platform is basically the same for all, but the features differ somewhat from broker to broker. The platform is stable and doesn't lag. The main drawback is...

Hi, For JGB and Topix futures I use IB. For Nikkei futures I use Orix, Matsui and a few others. By trading system do you mean platform?

>OldTrader Interesting. I thought you had a total of 20 bid and 20 ask levels visible in BookTrader. I guess 5 is the norm everywhere. Sorry for so many questions, but with your settings at 40 rows, is your DOM also set to show all 40 rows? I guess that would make the ladder about 12...

>OldTrader Thank you for letting me know you are using 891.5 which is same version I tried. I did try both center around last price and center around midpoint bid/ask. And the expanded display is the one I always use. So we are on the same ground there. However, as you mentioned my using...

>OldTrader Thank you for your advice. Are you using version 891? I did adjust all the settings and tried up to 20 or so rows but that did not help. I also trade futures which provide Best Bid/Ask 1 to 5. So with version 888 I set the number of rows at 12 and have never had to click the...

With all the TWS experts on this thread, maybe someone can help me. I was using TWS standalone version 882.2 on 3 computers with no problems. Recently I upgraded to version 891.5 on 2 computers and have a problem on both with the Re-center function in BookTrader.. The settings automatically...

FWIW one big factor that contributed to the Nikkei reaching 39000 was the strength of the big 4 brokers, Nomura, Daiwa, Yamaichi, and Nikko, and their ability to keep the market going. They had it down to a science. That factor no longer exists. Futures were introduced at around 30000 yen, as...

Yeah, as I said, prop firms have a snowball's chance in hell of getting a direct connection. Won't getting Japanese data for your software from a vendor such as eSignal or GL Trade work for you?

Just an idea. GL Trade sells Japanese data to IB. You might try contacting them. They also have their own platform with which you might be able to integrate.

It is!

The exchanges here are very strict as to qualifications for membership, and there are no seats to buy as you have in the U.S.