yep, dunno the exact limitation but can guess....saw countless 20-50lots goin' trough. never traded more than 5 melsef but no much of a prob, usually get a whole fill. and ya, institutions are heavely involved in this mkt.
Really Def? Would instituitions want to buy 1,2 contracts at each price? I always see some crazy move in a very short amount of time, for example, 100+ pts drop in 2 min, which i havent seen in all other liquid market. Let's put it this way, this contract is far more illiquid than the Dow mini, Stoxx 50, Nikkei, KOSPI. I guess a fair comparison would be the SMI and FTSE.
Yes really. This market is fair more liquid than you realize. Keep in mind HSI is a large contract. It surely isn't as liquid as the Nikkei but if you know how to work the market (and most institutions do), you can get off plenty of size.
I would say their order during those mudslide have a quality between 25 to 50. Can only see them on the quote screen when they are going throught a bar like 18500 etc... You do see some larger orders between 10~25 on a smaller move...
By the way, any reason I can't trade the MHI ? I'm a US resident. HSI works fine, but I wouldn't mind doing smaller size.
They are not CFTC approved. If I recall correctly, HSI fell under a clause that provided no-action relief before 2000. Contracts listed after 2000 (like MHI) need to seek separate CFTC approval.
12 or 13 hours time diff depending on standard or daylight savings time. Currently the futures open at 9:45 AM in HK which = 8:45 PM in NY. HK hours: 9:45-12:30; 14:30-16:15