Bangkok/Phuket

[Jayford]

Quote from Pita:

Good internet connection in bkk is not a problem while for Phuket it sometimes is. For somebody who daytrades many roundturns a day it is probably not reliable enough unless using bracket orders. I have been using ADSL and Broadband provided in Phuket and most of the time it is good enough to daytrade. Nevertheless even when the weather is sunny and clear at the moment Monday and Tuesday this week I was not able to daytrade, well I could have traded but I got data relayed and my platform reconnected 3 times within an hour. Nevertheless Bkk has good and fast internet but seriously who really wants to live there. I will get a new house and a flat by the end of the year and have ordered satellite internet to be installed. That probably will solve the issue. Worth to consider is that internet service is a standard feature in thailand now and making its usability faster, more reliable and cheaper is an absolute must for the operating providers here.

thanks for the info, and keep us informed how the satellite works out.

i agree, who wants to live in BKK? loud and loads of traffic. i am a pure daytrader, so no Phuket for me for awhile.

cheers,

jay

 

[Jayford]

Quote from larry081721:

Hi,

you should try Malaysia/ singapore as well, imho there is certainly more potential (locals and expats) than in thailand.
I am an expat living in KL and i can see few ads here in the local nespapers promoting this kind of services.

Anyway, if you want more info, just PM me..

Cheers,
Larry

KL and Sing are both great cities, but that is just the problem. They are cities. I used to live in Sing, and enjoyed it for what it was, but Phuket is an entirely different animal (beach town).

 

[377OHMS]

Phuket, Pattaya, Bangkok? Bletch!

Koh Samui is where I would go.

or alternatively I would try way up north maybe Chang Mai.

 

[Pita]

Quote from larry081721:

Hi,

you should try Malaysia/ singapore as well, imho there is certainly more potential (locals and expats) than in thailand.
I am an expat living in KL and i can see few ads here in the local nespapers promoting this kind of services.

Anyway, if you want more info, just PM me..

Cheers,
Larry

Hi Larry,

I was in Singapore a couple of times and honestly said I dont like it much. Regarding client potential I dont think that location is an issue as people will come to where they get quality provided and for the thing I want to do there is no need of attracting hundreds or thousands of people. Not at all am I interested to deal with newbies who have no clue at all about trading simply because resembling profitable trading from watching over one's shoulder for a couple of days doesnt create success for the watcher. I am focussing on traders with advanced skills who have already experienced a lot about what is NOT working in order to appreciate when facing the difference. Admittedly I am not often surfing advertisements in newspapers but I have nowhere seen such kind of services promoted when everything happens with real money on the line during market hours. Start small but fine is my policy and then we will see...
Regards,
Pita

 

[GermanTrader]

Quote from Pita:

Good internet connection in bkk is not a problem while for Phuket it sometimes is. For somebody who daytrades many roundturns a day it is probably not reliable enough unless using bracket orders. I have been using ADSL and Broadband provided in Phuket and most of the time it is good enough to daytrade. Nevertheless even when the weather is sunny and clear at the moment Monday and Tuesday this week I was not able to daytrade, well I could have traded but I got data relayed and my platform reconnected 3 times within an hour. Nevertheless Bkk has good and fast internet but seriously who really wants to live there. I will get a new house and a flat by the end of the year and have ordered satellite internet to be installed. That probably will solve the issue. Worth to consider is that internet service is a standard feature in thailand now and making its usability faster, more reliable and cheaper is an absolute must for the operating providers here.

Could not agree more about Bangkok... what a dirty, smoggy, nasty place to live. To visit, oh yeah but no way would I live where sidewalks are three feet high for the flood season. There is free wifi in the airport, but the food is abyssmal. Stick to the FAB from the better hotels. I have traded from Bkk but never Phuket. I might try it now, since my systems rely less on constant feeds. Pattaya has some good connections, but weak, so you must be inside the hotel to get decent speed.