how do traders in the US trade the european markets?

[BuddhaTop]

Quote from Jayford:

Its now 3:36 AM, and yes, I'm sucking down coffee - decaf!

I, like most people here, use IB (Interactive Brokers) for international trading. They are set up to offer access to almost all international electronic exchanges.

Jay

What services do you guys use for charts? Do you have to pay extra for quotes?

 

[Jayford]

Quote from BuddhaTop:




What services do you guys use for charts? Do you have to pay extra for quotes?

All depends what you are trading. IB charges for some exchanges. $12 for Eurex (prolly 12 EUR), I can never remember since its such a plaltry sum. Most US electronic exchanges are free (globex, ACE).

You can use third party tech analysis with IB for free or nearly so. You get what you pay for though. Many people claim to do quite well this way however. I use Esignal which is pretty cheap for a data feed/ tech analysis combo. They do charge for all exchanges (for quotes).

Jay

 

[wavetrader]

Quote from Jayford:

West coast time here.

I trade euro open for a few hours, midnight to 2:00 or so. Get back up at 5:00 to trade bonds and euro fx futures. Start trading ES at after it opens. I'm usually only watching 2 things at any given time.
For example:

12:00 - 2:00 Eurostoxx 50, and Euro or Yen.

5:00 - 7:00 (roughly), its bonds and Euro/yen.

Then its ES and bonds till I quit for the day, which can be anywhere from 8:30 am to market close at 1:15, depending on my mood and the day.

Hours are easy as I'm an insomniac anyway. 3 hours sleep is plenty. I do not nap during the day or before work at all, in fact I'm usually doing sports in the afternoon. I do sleep more on the weekends though.

Jay

Hi Jay,

When you say bonds, you mean the US 30-yr bonds, and not the German bund, right?

Do you ever trade the bund?