Trading KOSPI option contract just like a futures contract

[TGM]

Quote from ozzy:

When is it going to be available? I'm on the west coast, can't wait to trade this thing.

Thanks.

they are working on it. you can get the hang seng or the Nikkei.

 

[riskarb]

Quote from TGM:

they are working on it. you can get the hang seng or the Nikkei.

Can't trade options on either, however.

 

[ozzy]

I'll look into the Nikkei. Hang Seng is not bad, but a little thin in my opinion.

Quote from TGM:

they are working on it. you can get the hang seng or the Nikkei.

 

[TGM]

Quote from riskarb:

Can't trade options on either, however.

Sorry, Risk ---I was talking about the futures.

 

[just21]

Do IB have the korean curency on their fx service so I can make good my losses/ profits from the kospi? I presume the kospi trades in the local currency.

 

[TGM]

Quote from just21:

Do IB have the korean curency on their fx service so I can make good my losses/ profits from the kospi? I presume the kospi trades in the local currency.

Yes

 

[BARLI]

does anyone have historical data of KOPSI so that i can backtest some systems and see how differently it behaves in Korea?

 

[def]

ozzy,

korean futures/options do not have CFTC approval. Thus as a US resident, you will not be able to trade them.

 

[Pager]

"Thus as a US resident, you will not be able to trade them".

Is this correct ?, the US Goverment will not let anyone who is resident trade certain markets ?.

Glad im not a US Resident

So much for freedom!.

 

[just21]

US residents didn't used to be able to trade Eurex but now can. Reuters datalink have the kospi 200 index.