What Is a Consolidated Tape?
A Simple Guide to Market Data Consolidation Financial markets generate massive amounts of data across exchanges, trading venues, and regions. But without a way to unify that information, market participants…
Crypto Options Are Back: Can CME Help Your Firm Dive In?
For firms seeking a regulated entry point to crypto derivatives, CME provides a familiar starting place through listed futures and options.
What Data Is Included in the OPRA Feed?
Nowadays, running the Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA) reliably has become an operational challenge. OPRA is a consolidated SIP-style feed of U.S.-listed options quotes and trades across participant options exchanges.…
What Is Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA)?
The Options Price Reporting Authority (OPRA) is the U.S. system that consolidates and distributes options market data from all U.S.-listed options exchanges. In practical terms, it gathers quotation (bid/offer) and…
Professional Trading Tools for Crypto Derivatives and the Data Foundation to Match
As institutional crypto derivatives traders add crypto-native exchanges, Exegy’s Axiom trading platform provides the robust tools they need.
Exegy and Strands Partner to Launch Comprehensive Institutional-Grade Prediction Market and Digital Asset Data Feed
Strategic partnership adds real-time prediction market, digital asset, and smart contract data from centralized and DeFi venues to the global coverage of Axiom’s consolidated service.
After-Hours Trading: Market Data, Adoption, and What Comes Next
After-hours trading is reshaping market data and infrastructure. Bruce ATS shares what’s driving adoption and what comes next for 24/5 markets.
Preparing for Near-24-Hour Trading
Data Readiness, Infrastructure Strategy, & What “Ready” Actually Means The financial landscape is shifting from traditional market hours toward a near-continuous, weekday trading environment. But as firms talk about “24-hour…
23×5 Trading: The Operational Reality of No Maintenance Windows, Always‑On Support, and Continuous Load
Extended‑hours trading isn’t just a shift in market hours — it’s a shift in how markets must operate. As U.S. equities move toward 23×5 trading (trading 23 hours a day,…
24-Hour Market Trading Regulation Issues
And How Some Are Already Being Solved The trading day no longer ends at 4:00 p.m. or even 8:00 p.m. ET. As liquidity builds overnight, U.S. equities increasingly require 24-hour…