You are right RickShaw. That was easy money for any longs. The Nikkei blew up. Pull up a chart of the Hang Seng from last night. The Hang Seng is back in action---it is starting to make those big volatile up moves in the second session. Good Job. Now all you have to do is learn to buy the late week rally in Crude. You will be all set.
I have an account at IB to trade the Hang Seng. The data is free along with SGX data. 19 inch Lcd's are dirt cheap as well. I have found when the hang seng is moving ---it is pound for pound the most bang for your buck. But it will get wild on you.
The show is getting under way as the futures climb up and away from the equity index closing price. Cant have a gap down with that bearish candle that was generated today.
Tonight should be grand, while everyone in the US is sleeping, the little midnight munchkin will be hard at work so when we wake up everything will be just fine as all the financial channels will be reporting, looks like a higher open for us equities as you pour your morning cup of java. Never lower only higher.