Thanks, Steve.. That just proves I've got no business trading this thing until I've rolled my sleeves up and got my hands dirty... In the meantime, why does Yahoo! Finance indicate that the HKD fluctuates relative to the USD (that's a rhetorical question, kinda- I'll figure it out myself). http://finance.yahoo.com/currency/convert?amt=1&from=HKD&to=USD&submit=Convert EDIT: Nevermind.. I figured it out... ya look at so many charts over time that ya stop paying attention to the price scale.. ..duh...
it flucuates but within a very tight band. BTW, the link to the exchanges specs are here: http://www.hkex.com.hk/tradinfo/futurescontract/index_coneip.htm
Is HSI always less active in February ? It seems like even since part of January HSI futs have not been acting like normal. Normal to me being since November of 2004. It seems like volatility has substantially decreased. The "New Year" holidays were in there in the beginning to middle of Feb. but I'd of thought that it would have kicked back into gear by now. Much more chop. (had my worst day ever for HSI recently too and my method relies on volatility) Thanks.
My system's being kicked in the head at the moment too. I trade longer term trends, but all this chop is given false signals resulting in being stopped out. I'm hoping 2005 is not a repeat of 2000's volatility or the no mans land during the middle of last year. Guess I've just got to polish my money management skills!
Likewise - it's not been an easy market. Glad to hear it's not just me - seems to have been the same in other markets judging from other postings.
If you are swing trading this index, March so far has been very very difficlut, worst drawdown for about several years. God damn it !
HSI futures is the best daytrading instrument. During the trading hours, usually no news would affect the market that make it stand out for pure chart based/TA trading
Hi guys, Anyone trading HSI with Ensign? How do you bring up the HSI chart in Ensign? What's the symbol? I'm trying different combos to no avail... Thanks in advance.
Well I am messing with Ensign and TWS and I have had an issue collecting data as well. There is no backfill for the hang seng. So you have to collect the data. IB will be offering so many days of backfill shortly and ensign will pick that up.