Nikkei Futures

[Paulie_5]

I'm moving out to Japan very soon and want to look into trading Nikkei Futures when I get there.

As I understand Nikkei futures can be traded on :

- SIMEX
- Osaka Securities exchange
- CME

Please could somebody explain the difference between the exchanges in terms of liquidity, tick value etc ?

Is there one particular exchange that is considered 'the norm' for retail traders ?

Sorry for perhaps a very basic question ... I'm not at all familiar with the Asian markets yet.

Many thanks,

Paulie

 

[dcraig1]

If you go here and choose Asian futures and follow the links it should tell you the basic contract info for all the Nikkei contracts:

http://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/p.php?f=products

I think any of the Nikkei contracts will be "liquid enough"

Other Asian futures you might consider include Kospi - K200 (very liquid), HSI, SPI.

 

[Paulie_5]

Thanks very much dcraig, so I suppose it makes very little difference which exchange you choose ...