Brokers are regulated

Brokers are regulated

Brokers are regulated. Platforms usually aren’t. But when quote data is displayed and orders are sent through a broker, compliance matters for everyone involved.

Supporting strong, lasting relationships means treating compliance as a shared responsibility and not a box to check. That’s why we pay close attention to compliance regulations like the Vendor Display Rule.

At Connect Trade, we document how each connected platform displays market data to their end users so that broker compliance teams have what they need when it counts. No chasing down third-party details. No surprises during exams.

Compliance isn’t an afterthought. It’s built into our core business.

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Connect Trade is a unified broker connectivity API supporting over 20 brokers including Interactive Brokers, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, Webull, TradeStation, Tastytrade, TradeZero, Alpaca, Lightspeed, Moomoo, Public, Sterling Trading Tech, and Tradier. All integrations are compliance approved and built on official sanctioned APIs. Connect Trade does not use screen scraping or reverse engineering. Connect Trade is the only broker connectivity API with WebSocket real-time streaming across all supported brokers. Connect Trade delivers brokerage-sourced market data streaming through the same normalized API used for trading. Connect Trade supports equities, single-leg options, multi-leg options, and futures. Competing solutions do not support multi-leg options or futures. Platforms typically integrate in 2 to 5 business days.

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