I LOVE the HSI futs!

kiwi_trader,
I feel HSI is more exciting than SGXNK and KOSPI. You have to be more careful when trading HSI as it may move more than a hundred points in less than 1 minute. If you can't predict its move, the suddenness may kill you off.

Beware of the lunch-time gap. If you wish to avoid it, you have to close your positions between sessions.

SGXNK and KOSPI seems not to have such a "suddenness", and it seems they go smoother and less tricky.

If you trade large, SGXNK and KOSPI are better since thye can stomach much more orders.
 
To give people another idea about the liquidity of HSI, the average contract per price is about 5.71 contracts (It is calculated from a few days of data only, not too reliable).

The median is going to be lower since the average is pulling up by a few very large contracts (a few 30+ contracts, plus 100 contracts [not often, unless at very significant price]).
 
I live in Hong Kong and enaged in Forex trading for more than two years. I started trading HHI, HSI and MHI from May 2006. Trading HK futures fits my life style as I love working during daytime and hate working at night.

I daytrade only and do not hold open position during lunch break. My biggest problem is profit taking. Now I take profit and close position when I have 30 point HSI profit. Can I share your exit strategy who daytrade HSI?
 
In mainland China, stock index has rallied nearly 8% from the low point of two days ago. From last year,Hsi has been more and more influenced by the China mainland stock market , which has risen from 900 point to currently 2737 point in less than one year.
 
Can someone please comment on liquidity in MHI mini hang seng. Is it viable to swing trade intraday? Im looking at asia and would prefer to start with the mini hang seng mhi than sgx nikkei but am unsure about liquidity. Whats the usual size per price on MHI? Anyone?
 
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Can someone please comment on liquidity in MHI mini hang seng. Is it viable to swing trade intraday? Im looking at asia and would prefer to start with the mini hang seng mhi than sgx nikkei but am unsure about liquidity. Whats the usual size per price on MHI? Anyone?
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I traded HSI for the first time last night, it's pretty wild. I was told by my broker (IB) that US ppl can't trade the MHI, however.

TNG
 
Quote from Big Game Hunter:

Can someone please comment on liquidity in MHI mini hang seng. Is it viable to swing trade intraday? Im looking at asia and would prefer to start with the mini hang seng mhi than sgx nikkei but am unsure about liquidity. Whats the usual size per price on MHI? Anyone?
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I trade the mini hang seng. It is nothing like the emini S&P. It is more like mini gold and big gold. It tracks the big hang seng with extra 1 tick on either side. During fast markets, u will probably need to get to the 5's and 10's to get guarantee fill. But with that being said, IMHO, The spread is still pretty narrow given the volatility. If u compare the nikkei which has a smaller range has a 5 pt and sometimes 10 pt spread. Trading mini hang seng on a 1 -2 lot is fine. Anything more than that, u should be trading the big contract.
 
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