Hang Seng Index Futures

[MidKnight 12]

Yep, I'm using esignal.

[pipal 10]

Yep, I'm using esignal.

 

Hi, does it have Level II 5x5 price level?

 

Once I live chatted with eSignal and they said they only offer level I, just the best bid and offer on each side for HSI.

[Tams 20]

Hi, does it have Level II 5x5 price level?

Once I live chatted with eSignal and they said they only offer level I, just the best bid and offer on each side for HSI.

 

 

 

I don't think it would make a whole lot of difference.... LOL

Just mentally add "1" to each of the 4 levels, it would be about the same 99.99% of the time.

Edited June 26, 2009 by Tams

[MidKnight 12]

Hi, does it have Level II 5x5 price level?

 

Absolutely not. You just get best inside bid/ask. The main benefit, I feel, is that you have a better chance of getting the 'ticks' than you will with IB, seeing as it is snapshot data. Not everyone cares about this type of thing. I do though.

 

With kind regards,

MK

[pipal 10]

Thanks MK. I like ticks and true volume in particular. Have you considered Pats as an alternative?

Edited June 30, 2009 by pipal

[MidKnight 12]

No sir, I never have. Forgive my newbie question, but, what would be the benefit over esignal? I'm not sure charting would accept it....

[pipal 10]

I haven't used it so I can't tell the speed and reliability. There are lots of bad comments on Pats. But it's a level II option other than IB's data.

[MoreYummy 10]

Which chat room is there at asian market hour?

 

Do you guys trade afternoon also?

[weiwei 10]

I think he is talking about the chat room in TL.

[Resistor 10]

which brokers provide mini-HSI available to outside HK traders?

Comes with it's own platform?

thanks

[diablo272 10]

There are others here who are far more experienced with HSI than I am, but to my knowledge the only two brokers for someone in the US who wants to trade HSI or mini HSI would be Interactive Brokers and MF Global. I know IB has its own platform and I believe MF Global does as well, but both also support other platforms too.

[Tams 20]

Hong Kong Exchange will be closed on Monday October 26, 2009 for public holiday.

[brownsfan019 17]

There are others here who are far more experienced with HSI than I am, but to my knowledge the only two brokers for someone in the US who wants to trade HSI or mini HSI would be Interactive Brokers and MF Global. I know IB has its own platform and I believe MF Global does as well, but both also support other platforms too.

 

I thought OEC was going to get into this, but I could be wrong. I've been wanting to at least see the charts. I'll drop them an email and see if I can get any updates.

[emptyvault 10]

Yep, I'm using esignal.

 

hello , Midknight :

 

Can you give me some comment on esignal about providing HSI real time intraday data feed ?

Is it stable and fast enough ? How often do their data feed causing delay or even down server ?

 

Sorry to ask this as I have never used esignal before and sure these kind of opinions can never be obtained from their CS too , so I can only ask the user .

 

thanks in advance .

[MoreYummy 10]

Which brokers works best with esignal for hsi?

[Tams 20]

Which brokers works best with esignal for hsi?

 

 

brokers are not connected/related to esignal (data provider)

 

maybe you mean broker's software?

[Kiwi 16]

But the simple answer to your question is that MidKnight uses Interactive Brokers (IB). IB are one of the few who provide decent coverage of Asian markets.

[MidKnight 12]

hello , Midknight :

 

Can you give me some comment on esignal about providing HSI real time intraday data feed ?

Is it stable and fast enough ? How often do their data feed causing delay or even down server ?

 

Sorry to ask this as I have never used esignal before and sure these kind of opinions can never be obtained from their CS too , so I can only ask the user .

 

thanks in advance .

 

Hiya,

 

Mostly I have found esignal fine in terms of reliability and speed. I did experience an instance of significant delay that was erratic. I liaised with a manager at esignal customer services and over a couple weeks, the problem was fully resolved. Esignal provide the data via comstock, so it isn't as direct as getting the data via something like IB, which get it direct from the exchange because they are a broker. At least, this is what the esignal manager told me. However, when watching the two data feeds side by side, I cannot notice any actionable difference in data delivery speed.

 

With kind regards,

MK

[MoreYummy 10]

brokers are not connected/related to esignal (data provider)

 

maybe you mean broker's software?

 

I saw someone used esignal to trade directly.

 

I also know esignal provide data, perhaps its integrated somehow into 1 platform to trade using a broker, but use esignal software to show/execute the trade.

 

So not sure how it works for HSi in this case.

 

Is IB the only broker for HSi with good reliabilities?

 

Thanks.

[wjrusnak 10]

Is IB the only broker for HSi with good reliabilities?

 

It is the only broker I found that offers it. I would suggest it, as I've used it and traded the mini HSI in the past.

[robertm 10]

I saw someone used esignal to trade directly.

 

I also know esignal provide data, perhaps its integrated somehow into 1 platform to trade using a broker, but use esignal software to show/execute the trade.

 

So not sure how it works for HSi in this case.

 

Is IB the only broker for HSi with good reliabilities?

 

Thanks.

 

I've never used it but eSignal does interface & let you build custom order entry functions etc.

 

Also keep an eye on their exchange waiver fees eSignal have with some brokers, IB is one of them (although possibly not for HSI). Saves paying for the same data feed twice if your broker charges for a Ninja feed or something.

[jonbig04 10]

So basically IB is the only real option for trading the HSI. E signal offers the data, but IB appears to be the only broker around who supports HSI trading.

 

I'm thinking of buying the data from esignal to see how much I like HSI. If I like it a lot I guess I can always open an IB account. I hate to switch brokers just for one stupid reason though. Bah.

[Simple 10]

Here is about 5 months of HSI data spliced with back adjustment (new contract on 2nd to last business day of each month). It is in 30 second increments although there may be a few periods with IB "tick" data.

 

Note that the file format is 7zip (change the suffix .zip to .7z) which has much better compression of text.

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HSI-201005-HKFE-TD.zip

[jonbig04 10]

Here is about 5 months of HSI data spliced with back adjustment (new contract on 2nd to last business day of each month). It is in 30 second increments although there may be a few periods with IB "tick" data.

 

Note that the file format is 7zip (change the suffix .zip to .7z) which has much better compression of text.

.

 

Thanks Simple. I'm kind of a computer idiot though, how do I go about using it?

[Simple 10]

Its an ascii file. You need to use a charting program that can read it.

 

Sierra Chart is one that you can get a demo of and read ascii files. Install the demo. In the edit menu it offers "import and load ascii data."