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the HSI is the greatest futures market in the world to trade, imo. nut job- kinda. manipulated as fuck- definitely. all the better to trade- absolutely. like i said, just picked a really inopportune time to size up in concert with a extremely poorly timed data snafu. btw, most of my...

yeah, it's ridiculous. even Taiwan trades an overnight session til after the US open. the HSI having no overnight session is pretty lame. obviously, if this had happened in SGXNK or STW, i could have gotten out an hour later with minimal pain. the stars were definitely not aligned ofr me on...

agreed. that said, the last minute of trading when i was short 9 contracts, was a $3000 gain for me. being short wasn't the dangerous position- i could live with being short 3 contracts right now. the faulty data making me buy 3 when i was actually flat- THAT is what is dangerous. it's like a...

in booktrader it showed no open orders and me still short 3 contracts with the P&L section of booktrader showing the running P&L. with 10 seconds to make a decision, i had to go with what i saw and, based on that, i had to buy another 3 contracts to go flat. when i bought the 3 it showed me...

was short 9 contracts HSI last night right before the close- i was trading in 3 contract increments. closed it with 3 different trades, the last closing trade being about 20 seconds before the close- or so i thought. IB booktrader still showed me short 3 contracts with no pending orders. i do...

thanks for all the input, everyone. disappointing to hear connection issues are actually worse in LOS- sounds typical "TiT" reality. this may change my plans considerably. i had planned to use SIN and BKK as my stable trading 'bases' from which to go off to other areas. if BKK can't meet...

i plan to spend a couple of months along the same circuit as you (+China and Vietnam)- not for another 6 months though. curious what your connectivity strategy will be; as that's my major concern. @ home, i don't jsut have redundancy, i have 4 ways to connect to the internet (cable, dsl, 3g...

spoken by someone who has never traded the HSI. trade the HSI for a while without stops and you'll be starting a new thread about the merits of stops. your absolute statements are simplistic and naive to the point of stupid.

truly a great post. one has to give one's self the opportunity to be great (or simply move up the scale). i have had enough of the giving back the gains experience to understand the opposing view- i even utilize it when i'm working on a multiple day losing streak. after such, if i'm at my...

and the only prescription is more cowbell...

you've been trading since 2000 and you're delusional enough to think that one 15% month is evidence that you've found the holy grail?!? GMAFB

i am struggling with this as well. my issue is that the step up is dramatic, as i trade the HSI futures. moving from 1 to 2 contracts, given the volatility, is fucking with me. i 'double down' when i believe the situation (ie: risk/reward) warrants- now the double isn't from 1 to 2, it's 2 to 4...

and a pretty penny it was that i missed out on... literally spent the entire last 30 minutes of trading that night going over the risk/reward potential. even though it was overwhelmingly positive (imo), i defaulted to following my rules and, as posted, didn't take the trade. ended up...

thanks a lot for the link. to me, it actually wasn't really funny- as i've been there. this right here is exactly why most traders will tell you that you have to blow up once to be truly successful. the averaging down works and works, holding out for a bounce works and works.... until it...

the video is removed from youtube- anybody have it (i haven't seen it, sounds like a must see). thanks.

i agree. was very tempted to go long the HSI futures overnight- it violates my rules thought, so i resisted the urge- imagine my rules will cost me a pretty penny... btw, i say short term bottom- i wouldn't make the call that this the ultimate bottom for this move.

still begs the question: then why the hell didn't you do the right thing and send out a bulletin about it 'this morning' when you connected. there is NO EXCUSE, KNOWING YOU HAD A PROBLEM, to not send out a bulletin. if you do not see how this is irresponsible behaviour on IB's part, then...

thanks to you and Osorico for the suggestions. i'll look into them.

good for you. 960 points in the HSI, that'll make your day!

call 011 852 2156 7907 (HK customer service). it will be very frustrating and take 10 minutes of talking to someone b4 they'll actually get around to inputting the order (prepare for 20 id questions)... but that's the only way right now. good luck.