Data Delivery Solutions
Real-Time Market Data Delivery
Options Analytics Delivery
Historical Data Delivery
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Real-Time and Historical Data Delivery
Effective analytical workflows are a critical component of trade strategy development. Our SpiderRock data delivery solutions combine institutional quality market data and analytics with resource-efficient delivery.
Overview
Our analytics framework provides a low latency and scalable solution for clients to consume live and historical data. Below is a representation of our features and delivery mechanisms.
Market Data Feeds
Vendor of record
Low latency Raw / Normalized
- US-listed equities
- US-listed options
- US-listed futures
- Quotes & prints
Live Analytics
- Greeks
- Implied volatilities
- Volatility surfaces
- Historical volatilities
- Risk Factors
- Trade performance
- Opening/Closing marks
Historical Analytics
Snapshots of
live data/analytics:
- End-of-day
- Intraday
- Minute bar
- Previous day
- Up to 10 years
Overview
Our analytics framework provides a low latency and scalable solution for clients to consume live and historical data. Below is a representation of our features and delivery mechanisms.
Market Data Feeds
Vendor of record
Low latency Raw / Normalized
- US-listed equities
- US-listed options
- US-listed futures
- Quotes & prints
Live Analytics
- Greeks
- Implied volatilities
- Volatility surfaces
- Alpha probabilities
- TCA metrics
- Risk / PnL attribution
- User theoretical models
Historical Analytics
Snapshots of
live data/analytics:
- End-of-day
- Intraday
- Minute bar
- Previous day
- Up to 10 years
Real-Time Market Data Feed Delivery
We provide raw and normalized low latency multicast feeds covering US equities, options, and futures markets, as well as highly specialized analytics feeds containing option analytics and implied volatility.
Exchange Feed Connectivity or Normalized Data Services
Raw data is delivered from its original exchange source in real-time. For normalized feeds, we offer a client-side API suitable for turning multicast packets into individual message events for any of our exchange market data feeds. This API is optimized for the efficient processing of very high packet volumes and very low latencies. This API is currently available in C++ and C# versions.
Low Latency Service
Exchange feed pre-processing converting native protocol into a single binary format is done via a combination of FPGA and kernel bypass technology to deliver fast normalized data feeds.
SpiderRock uses Arista switches and a mix of 10GB and 40GB fiber connections to deliver low latency data feed products for institutions, other vendors, and professional trading firms.
Hosted Solution
Our data service is hosted within the NY4/5 and CH2 data centers. Clients can consume data feeds in their environment using their feed handlers or using SpiderRock supplied C++ / C# APIs. Alternatively, clients can host their software on SpiderRock-owned hardware and access it via remote display technology for a cost-effective, managed solution.
SpiderRock supports all popular infrastructure technologies and support connecting your equipment directly to the exchange to achieve low latency execution.
SpiderRock Proprietary Live Analytics Delivery
Our proprietary live analytics offer low-cost delivery of market data and options analytics without our clients making a significant investment in infrastructure. The analytics for volatility and surface modeling accuracy is capable of supporting live trading operations.
Implied Quote Feed (Implied Vol & Greeks)
SpiderRock provides a number of feeds with embedded option analytics including volatility and Greeks computed in real-time and delivered with low latency for all US-listed options (equities and futures). SpiderRock feeds provide options and underlying NBBO prices, bid/ask implied volatilities, SpiderRock implied surface volatilities, and Greeks. These feeds empower clients to implement enterprise trading and risk solutions without making a significant investment in the significant infrastructure or quant resources needed to support these type of computations.
SpiderRock analytics feeds are distributed via our MLink API either via WebSocket or Rest API. For those who are low latency sensitive, we supply the same feed in multicast format via our C++/C# API. All analytics are delivered through a robust and reliable technical infrastructure from multiple datacenter locations. Our products are targeted to support traders directly or integration of real-time feeds with and 3rd party trading or risk platforms. Delayed data is available to support easy access to trials and development work.
Normalized OPRA Feed
We offer a normalized version of the OPRA feed either streamed via or SpiderRock MLink WebSocket API or our C++/C# multicast API that can be processed on a single thread of a single core on a current-generation machine, reducing the infrastructure required. This feed includes the two top price levels and sizes and a bitmask describing the participating exchanges. The MLink API allows users to further shape the feed updates and reduce bandwidth or select specific tickers or stripes.
SpiderRock’s normalization process of OPRA feed reduces bandwidth profile that is more manageable for firms who need real-time options data. Our feed is typically 1/10 the size of the OPRA feed. The normalization is accomplished by immediately publishing prints and NBBO price level changes and holding back changes related to size only. More than 90% of the actual OPRA quote messages are size-only changes which are generally not as time-sensitive in typical end application use cases.
Historical Data Delivery and Delivery Options
SpiderRock provides a wide variety of historical data in multiple file formats with frequency from end-of-day to one-minute intervals throughout the trading day. This data is stored in our cloud-based infrastructure as individual daily files for easy access and database construction or as part of SpiderRock time-series database for direct client access through our Liberator API.
Cloud-based file delivery
Data tables are organized for customer access by format type (closing marks, minute bars, surfaces, prints) and loaded into cloud-based storage overnight partitioned by date. This primary copy of daily subscription files is accessible to clients for daily downloads. Bulk download of large historical data tables is also available.
Clients can access both daily and bulk files manually by download via a browser or programmatically using the public-facing IP and security token provide provided by SpiderRock when an account is opened, or samples requested.
SpiderRock Liberator – Historical Data API
Our new Liberator API allows a user to select data points by ticker or groups and by date and time ranges for direct use within applications. Our API comes with starter codes and notebooks for different languages (python, R, C++, C#, JavaScript) and a Microsoft Excel plug-in.
Using the API reduces the need to download and store large datasets during your research process and allows you to focus your efforts on performing the analysis. Through our Liberator API, you can access SpiderRock options, stock, and futures data within your application using our cloud compute power and pre-optimized query access.
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Powerful research and analysis tool leveraging 10+ year history of volatility on popular US Stocks, Indexs, ETF, and ADRs. Simple and intuitive charts for efficent implied and realized volatility research and analysis.
Data Portal
Customers can log in and view historical data files that they have subscribed to using our new Data Portal. Search, filter, and download data from SpiderRock through online access.
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Our broad and rich analytics are easily accessible via multiple delivery mechanisms. This empowers you to scale while keeping cost under control.
Consult with our team of experts to explore the SpiderRock data & analytics offering.