[Tams]

Originally Posted by MoreYummy »

Which brokers works best with esignal for hsi?

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

maybe you mean broker's software?

[Kiwi]

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]

Originally Posted by emptyvault »

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]

Originally Posted by Tams »

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]

Originally Posted by MoreYummy »

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]

Originally Posted by MoreYummy »

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]

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]

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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