FXI for US retail, and these two contracts are good (hsi and hhi.hk) as well. CHL (china mobile) is a large part of heng sang as well. CHDX is part of the enterprise index too. the list goes on.
Yup! We are off to the races. I dont get why the H-shares move as much as hang seng when the index is only half the size of hang seng. I guess that's like the natural gas and crude oil for HK. The spread can sometimes be wide given the small nominal value of the index. HSBC is a big HSI component too. Osaka mini is 5 points increment. I dont think US guys can trade it tho.
Market capitalization of Hong Kong market exceeds that of German market: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China_Business/HL22Cb01.html
Would you let us know a few more details? I'm tatally unfamiliar with the Chinese indexes/markets. BITSTREAM: Data via "honkkongdata"? Could not find it:
just full sized, thru IB At least: Because of SEC restrictions, US legal resident customers are not allowed to trade non-US stock and cash index options as well as any futures contract not explicitly approved by the CFTC. This includes: Canadian Options German Securities Options German Warrants Hang Seng Index Options HK SSFs H-share Futures Korean Futures and Options Mini-Hang Seng Index Futures Nikkei 225 Options SMI/SMIM Futures and Options Topix Options UK Securities Options UK SSFs
>>huh? u cant trade asian minis in usa? whats that about? u can only trade pit contracts?? pls give specifics...thanks in advance.. You can trade nikkei 225 mini and full-size futures electronically in the US.
yes. that last was correct the Nikkei Mini is CFTC approved for US accounts the hang seng mini is not and of course, all the options are off the table for US traders however, you CAN buy options on EWJ (japan fund) which is a pretty close proxy for the nikkei