I LOVE the HSI futs!

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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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do you live in the US?

TNG
 
Thanks. Yeah I like these 2 markets and have basically worked out that I can probably trade the SMI swiss index just after asia closes. It seems like a pretty decent market also
 
Im just about to open an account with IB. However I checked the demo and noticed that the spread on the demo for the full size HSI futures was around 5 Hang Seng points. Is this usual? I was under the impression the spread was a single index point but that it whipped around a lot because of this narrow spread. Is the spread usually one or 5 index points?
 
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