Does anyone ACTIVELY trade the HSI with somebody other than IB? if so, who?

4DTrader · Mar 13, 2008

Quote from gangof4:

i trade anywhere from 100-300 contracts per day between the HSI and the H shares futures.

does anyone actively trade the HK futures with a broker other than IB? the few i've been able to look into have been HK based brokers with insanely high commissions (like 2-3x IB rates- which would mean well over $1,000/day in commissions- over $4,000/day on high volume days- ie: not practical).

if anyone trades with someone who offers commissions in the range of IB, please let me know.

not sure if there are any institutional type brokers/platforms which i would qualify for (i trade kinda a lot of contracts for retail, but probably a drop in the bucket to the big guys).

my $20,000+ broker related anal raping today is pretty much the last straw with IB.

thanks
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What about Go Futures? 99 cents per contract, better than IB commission rate of $1.81. Not sure of their HSI rate.

ET99 · Mar 30, 2008

Quote from gangof4:

thanks for the post. THAT i did not know. i guess i need to look into button trader beyond the cursory look.

although booktrader is pretty lame, especially the time it takes to modify size and other things, reality is that it has worked well enough for my needs and i have taken a 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach since my trading ahs been going so well (last 2 days aside).

anyway, i will check it out. the cost is kinda high in that it's monthly instead buying a license. reality though, it's insignificant if it makes even 1 trade better per month, as even a 10 point move in the HSI is more than the monthly fee.
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I can't believe anybody would trade futures without using a bracketed frontend. ESPECIALLY a volatile instrument like HSI.

Booktrader can do brackets too, but you need to program it.

Check out BracketTrader. It is free to try (unlimited time), $100 one-time fee to buy.
http://www.bracket-trader.com/home.html

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Does anyone ACTIVELY trade the HSI with somebody other than IB? if so, who?

4DTrader

ET99