We regularly get questions from clients about market data licensing, exchange agreements, display vs. non-display, derived data, redistribution, and vendor strategy. These are nuanced topics, and getting them wrong can slow down a launch.
When the conversation shifts from connectivity to market data strategy, we introduce our clients to Market Data Answers.
They specialize in helping firms navigate exchange requirements, vendor decisions, and compliance considerations around market data. In short, they help platforms think through the non-obvious parts.
At Connect Trade, our goal is to help clients build with clarity and confidence. Sometimes that means connecting them to the right experts.
If you’re evaluating your market data strategy and need a second perspective, they’re a great place to start.
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.
