Recent Content by mgn

  1. Most important index in Asia ?

    The Nikkei225 is the most significant because it has the 2nd largest index futures market behind it. The volume is mainly the big boys such as...
    Post by: mgn, Apr 19, 2021 in forum: Index Futures

  2. Trading Book by CIS

    The Japanese book reviews are not the best. This is far better; summarized but detailed year by year analyses of his trading methods, thoughts...
    Post by: mgn, Dec 28, 2018 in forum: Educational Resources

  3. Global Macro Trading Journal

    How about Japan? Almost 30 years of the "deep risk" phase with the Nikkei225 peaking back in 1989 to around 39000 and plunging to 6990 in 2008 and...
    Post by: mgn, Oct 20, 2018 in forum: Journals

  4. Osaka Nikkei futures are most liquid. Why trade Nikkei futures from CME and SGX?

    I think the activity depends a lot on the time of day. For example, 8:45 to 9:00am Tokyo time is when those big private Singapore traders churn...
    Post by: mgn, Jul 19, 2017 in forum: Index Futures

  5. Osaka Nikkei futures are most liquid. Why trade Nikkei futures from CME and SGX?

    The OSE Nikkei futures contract is 1000 yen per point with a price quantum of 10 points. The SGX and CME Yen Nikkei futures contracts are 500 yen...
    Post by: mgn, Jul 19, 2017 in forum: Index Futures

  6. Japanese Stock Data

    http://www.edatalab.net/kabu/ Daily OHLC and volume data in csv format, updated daily.
    Post by: mgn, Oct 29, 2016 in forum: Data Sets and Feeds

  7. Does anyone know the name of that japanese trader that turned $800 into something like $180 million?

    BNF is a legendary trader in Japan. He was way successful before the famous J-Com fat finger incident and has built his account 10 fold...
    Post by: mgn, Feb 28, 2015 in forum: Forex

  8. Japanese day trader makes $54 million a year

    CIS is one of a handful of Japanese day traders that are quite famous from the amount of money they have made after the advent of online trading...
    Post by: mgn, Oct 2, 2014 in forum: Wall St. News

  9. Japanese Stocks Historical Data?

    http://www.edatalab.net/kabu/ Just click on the date and format in excel. Read into Metastock. This is even better but you need to read...
    Post by: mgn, Jun 29, 2014 in forum: Stocks

  10. What was the ***last*** thing you had to master before becoming profitable?

    Forgot to add that I never control emotions. The controlled "master trader" oblivious to heavy losses is a lot of BS. When I take a heavy loss I...
    Post by: mgn, Sep 4, 2013 in forum: Psychology

  11. What was the ***last*** thing you had to master before becoming profitable?

    Started doing things opposite to text book theory. Average down; take profits quick; over position size when I thought "this is it"; only buy when...
    Post by: mgn, Sep 4, 2013 in forum: Psychology

  12. tokyo traders

    It seems that there is a predominance of Japanese institutional traders compared to independent traders , especially in the futures and options...
    Post by: mgn, Aug 5, 2013 in forum: Hook Up

  13. tokyo traders

    So getting away from JGB's what are you trading in Japan now? Any views on Japanese traders?
    Post by: mgn, Aug 4, 2013 in forum: Hook Up

  14. tokyo traders

    Wow , Japanese stocks in the 80's!. No internet and Japanese brokers were charging something like 3% of the trade amount. You must have held...
    Post by: mgn, Aug 2, 2013 in forum: Hook Up

  15. tokyo traders

    What are you guys trading? US stocks from Tokyo , given the time difference , sounds like a tough deal. Anyone trading Nikkei futures, Japanese...
    Post by: mgn, Aug 2, 2013 in forum: Hook Up