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thanks for the weather link. i also just subscribed to the hkex.com alerts (no idea when they sent it out to subscribers). had a pretty good day and night trading too- this is disheartening because of the HUGE gap that will occur on monday- could be for me, murphy's law says against- a coin...

thanks Dan for the bloomberg link. unfortunately, the sgxnk doesn't correlate very highly to HHI. the closest i've got is STW (Taiwan)- i'm sitting here contemplating, as it's not a great alternative either (much better than NK though). kinda get the feeling that whatever i do, it may...

sorry, i don't buy it. i've learned that bloomberg put out the story 9 minutes before it closed. it's pretty lame that IB doesn't make it a priority to disseminate such critical, important info immediately. if you knew in advance that this was a possibility, you should have sent a ;heads up'...

as title says- i found out that the HKFE closed for a typhoon AFTER it was already closed! got an alert from IB @ 11.47 PST that the HKFE was closing for the typhoon @ 11.45 PST! i called IB in HK to see wtf and when they were notified- they claim they were notified AFTER the market was...

thanks for the input bandit. anyone else; to increase the sample size beyond one... :eek:

i think the better question, and certainly a Reg FD question, is how is it that GS denied these rumours thru improper channels. if you're going to make an announcement (denying a rumour), you HAVE to do it in a manner where all market participants have equal timely access. this is news that...

i'm in CA also and GS, BSC and others are STILL frozen on my screen @ the same price they froze @ (190.23 and 119.54) over an hour ago. i've relaunched TWS- no difference.

i know a lot of people bitch about TS for executions, etc. my interest is in the quality of the data/charts: could those who use/have used TS comment on speed with which the charts update. is the tick movement (both price AND volume) fast enough to scalp stocks and futures (ES and ER2)? i'd...

couldn't have been worse timing for me as i was using GS to trade the er2- missed a monster move whilst i shut down TWS and relaunched because IB told me it was on my end (i knew better, but tried anyway). i have a lot of redundancies built in (3 internet connections- 4 if you count dial up...

glad somebody else posted this. i called IB and they told me there was no problem and that it was on my end- typical. this company has the CYA thing so ingrained that they never admit to anything.

i understand- i have a friend who refuses to talk about the market whenever things are going well- we haven't spoken for 3 months! one of the most frustrating days in my 27 years of investing. capped by choosing the HHI over the HSI and watching the HSI run 100 points whilst the HHI actually...

how far did you/have you ridden the short? congrats. 731 point down from the day's high in the HHI.HK- really, more brutal than last night. Red: so you were the one taking my $ for those 200 points! COL (cry out loud)... i got cute and thought i had the reversal pegged- i was right for 50...

thanks to everyone for the useful input. it helps to suss things out. being relatively new to trading futures FT (not to investing- >20 years making a living @ it), my acct. size will be larger when i'm confident in both my abilities and my data/executions (i've had some issues there). point...

i've cut my ER2 volume by 75% for that reason (trading with no confidence is a recipe for disaster)- i agree with you 100% (imagine that ;) HSI was fun and scary yesterday. let my losers run and cut my winners way too much last night. still had a good night just looking @ the numbers. that...

i really appreciate your thorough response. i have been thinking of shifting to the ES or YM for the reasons you've stated. i have been stubbornly sticking with ER2 when, you're right, the only reason i trade the ER2 is for the movement (and .10 spread)- range in the ES is obviously not a...

the irony is that my best market, BY FAR, is the HSI/HHI.HK- the most volatile equity futures i can find. i get my head handed to me there @ times, but the moves are big enough to offset the chop. somehow i cannot get this to translate to the ER2 in this volatility. in june, i was very...

i made a fat head mistake TWICE today: i've been having trouble with TWS where it's taking a good second to go from click to green (sits @ blue). anyway... put in a few trial limits well away from market to check the lag- clicked the wrong side of booktrader (doh) and, of course, immediate...

i trade the ER2 and i am REALLY struggling with this recent volatility when i know i should be thriving. i see the p/l thread and i feel like i'm @ a roman orgy, but i'm the guy with the mop and bucket! today was better, but yesterday, and especially last thursday, the chop killed me. the...

i've had this argument with client from previous days who sits on the board of a broker. i think the biggest problem is the way covered calls are portrayed. the average investor kinda buys into the falsehood that covered calls protect a portfolio. most view covered call writing as what *smart*...

i'm picking up on your sarcasm...