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Every time is different. If you are looking at studies over thousands of trades based on prior closing prices I don't know if everyone has done it. I read a very interesting study of Friday closing prices and Monday opens. However, that doesn't mean anything on an individual trade, just what...

A trader is definitely made. However, not everyone can be made into a trader....So, I guess it is both.

Just Kidding. You can trade everything through Interactive Brokers and they take accounts from all over the world and allow you to trade just about every market in the world. Their commissions are the best in the business as well.

Try MF Global.

I just have the ES and USDX overlaid on all my charts

Asian market has the lowest volatility of all of the times of the day. Certain strategies work best in low volatility environments and those will work best in the Asian session. Breakouts/Trend trading is terrible in the Asian session. Just my two cents