Mini Nikkei Futures?

[notouch]

That website appears only to have the out-of-hours Nikkei futures offered by the CME and SGX. The only Nikkei contract really worth trading is the one offered by the Osaka Securities Exchange (OSE).

[momentom]

notouch, what happened to the simex nikkei futures I used to trade from Australia?

What are the daily volumes of the OSE contract?

[notouch]

I don't know about the simex contract but the OSE contract has very high daily volume - comparable to ES.

[Soultrader]

The mini Nikkei traded at the OSE is alot more liquid compared to the Simex. The Simex is handy though to look at market action premarket before the Osaka Exchange opens and during the lunch hours when the OSE halts.

[momentom]

Thanks. Just had a look at IB which was no help on volume and I only found the japanese version of the OSE page so far

[notouch]

You need to add OSE to your data subscriptions. It's about $10. N225M is the IB symbol for the mini Nikkei. Just google Osaka Securities Exchange for the English website.

[albatross]

http://www.ose.or.jp/e/news/0705/070501a.pdf

The mini nikkei has average daily trading volume of 151000 units. Not sure if a unit is equivalent to a north american contract.

[cooter]

Decent size. Around your YM or ER2 volume, no?

[MidKnight]

	Quote:	Soultrader
	Does anyone have access to mini Nikkei futures data? Unfortunately Tradestation does not provide this data. I am looking to obtain a snapshot of a weekly, daily, 30min, 5min, and 30min market profile chart (approx 10 days back) of the mini Nikkei. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

Hi SoulTrader,

I have been trading the Nikkei225 for a while now. Started with the singapore contract but now use the mini. I'm charting the Singapore contract (because I'm with DTN IQFeed who only offer Singapore for Asian markets) and trading the mini. Works great!

Best regards,
MK

[MidKnight]

	Quote:	Soultrader
	The mini Nikkei traded at the OSE is alot more liquid compared to the Simex. The Simex is handy though to look at market action premarket before the Osaka Exchange opens and during the lunch hours when the OSE halts.

That is true Soultrader, is does about 1/2 of the mini volumes on a daily basis. But you must remember, it is worth 5 times the value....Great points on pre-market trading, very useful indeed.

Best regards,
MK