Live ticks, options and Level 2 for the S&P 500, Nasdaq, crude, gold and 63 more CME futures — over a dead-simple API. Built in Rust, priced for builders.
Every print, the moment it happens — in order, no gaps. Under 1ms from feed ingest to socket egress inside our pipeline; your network RTT comes on top. We publish what we measure.
The whole pipeline is Rust. Zero-copy parsing, microsecond internal serialization, a binary protocol that keeps up with the tape.
Licensed exchange data without the enterprise invoice. Flat monthly plans, unlimited messages, no per-tick fees.
One install, one key, one line of code. SDKs for every major language — and your AI agents.
tickstream is a CME-verified data partner. The feed originates from licensed CME Group distribution — CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX. Not scraped, not synthetic.
“<1ms” is our internal pipeline — feed ingest to socket egress, measured continuously. Your network RTT comes on top. No internet-speed miracles. The live numbers are on the status page.
Every published backtest and our live algo track records run on this exact feed. A gap or bad print would be public within hours — that's the guarantee.
Billions of market events archived — every NQ & ES trade print and book update, growing daily. The archive you can buy is the archive we research on.
Three steps. That's the whole thing.
Sign up and copy your API key from the dashboard. No sales call.
One command in your language — or hit the raw WebSocket / REST.
Subscribe to any market and receive ticks in milliseconds.
from tickstream import Stream
for tick in Stream("sk_live_…").subscribe("ES", "NQ"):
print(tick.price, tick.size, tick.ts)import { Stream } from "@tickstream/client";
for await (const tick of new Stream("sk_live_…").subscribe("ES", "NQ"))
console.log(tick.price, tick.size, tick.ts);use tickstream::Stream;
let mut ticks = Stream::new("sk_live_…").subscribe(&["ES", "NQ"]).await?;
while let Some(t) = ticks.next().await { println!("{}", t.price); }The benchmarks the world trades — S&P 500, Nasdaq, Dow, Treasuries, crude, gold, Bitcoin and FX. Live ticks & Level 2 across CME · CBOT · NYMEX · COMEX · EUREX.
Install with a single line — pick your language and go.
pip install tickstreamnpm i @tickstream/clientcargo add tickstreamgo get github.com/Alx90s/tickstream-gocurl -N https://api.tick-stream.xyz/v1/stream?symbols=ES \
-H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…"Every plan ships with raw WebSocket + REST and a hosted MCP server — so humans and agents read the same live feed.
Connect an LLM →Connect Claude Code (or any MCP / tool-calling LLM) to tickstream with a single command. Your agent pulls live ticks, backfills history and prototypes strategies — no glue code.
claude mcp add tickstream -- npx -y tickstream-mcp# add to mcp.json
{ "tickstream": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "tickstream-mcp"] } }# tool / function call
GET https://api.tick-stream.xyz/v1/quote?symbol=ES
Authorization: Bearer sk_live_…↳ Your agent now has tickstream tools available.
Five categories, one package from each. Or the Desk, which is all of them for less than the parts.
Everything, in one subscription. 5 products, one subscription.
Licensed CME futures — ticks, the order book, and order-by-order depth.
Delayed, but the same feed.
Free
Trying it, prototyping, coursework
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Start freeLive ticks, no delay.
$29/mo
or $261/year
Dashboards, alerts, small bots
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get RealtimeThe full order book.
$79/mo
or $711/year
Order flow, execution timing
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get Realtime + L2Every individual order, with its queue position.
$199/mo
or $1791/year
Microstructure research, HFT
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get L3 / Market-by-order100 % OPRA coverage — every trade, every NBBO quote, twelve years deep.
The surface — chains, greeks and twelve years of closes.
$29/mo
or $261/year
Gamma levels, vol surfaces, EOD research
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get Options CoreThe tape — every OPRA trade and every NBBO quote, tick level.
$69/mo
or $621/year
Flow analytics, execution research, backtests
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get Options FlowThe joins — trades paired with quotes and greeks, whole roots, no cap.
$119/mo
or $1071/year
Sweep/block detection, dealer positioning, systematic desks
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get Options ProLive-tested NQ strategies with public, unedited paper track records.
Signals from a single strategy.
$99/mo
or $891/year
Trading one idea
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get One sleeveAll thirteen, plus execution.
$299/mo
or $2691/year
Running a book
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get Every sleeveComputed dealer gamma as clean data. The free levels page stays free.
Walls, flip and net regime.
$29/mo
or $261/year
Gamma levels as data
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get GEX LevelsPlus DEX, vanna and charm.
$39/mo
or $351/year
Dealer-hedging models
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get GEX + GreeksSingle names and the whole surface.
$69/mo
or $621/year
Systematic gamma research
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get GEX FullThe pieces that sit beside a data plan.
Place futures orders through an API.
$19/mo
or $171/year
Automating your own execution
Data Integrity Guarantee — if we drop a print or a session gaps, the month is credited. Measured on the same feed we publish on the status page.
Get Account & Execution API| Package | Category | Monthly | Annual | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Futures | Free | — | Delayed, but the same feed. |
| Realtime | Futures | $29 | $261 | Live ticks, no delay. |
| Realtime + L2 | Futures | $79 | $711 | The full order book. |
| L3 / Market-by-order | Futures | $199 | $1791 | Every individual order, with its queue position. |
| Options Core | Options | $29 | $261 | The surface — chains, greeks and twelve years of closes. |
| Options Flow | Options | $69 | $621 | The tape — every OPRA trade and every NBBO quote, tick level. |
| Options Pro | Options | $119 | $1071 | The joins — trades paired with quotes and greeks, whole roots, no cap. |
| One sleeve | Algos | $99 | $891 | Signals from a single strategy. |
| Every sleeve | Algos | $299 | $2691 | All thirteen, plus execution. |
| GEX Levels | GEX | $29 | $261 | Walls, flip and net regime. |
| GEX + Greeks | GEX | $39 | $351 | Plus DEX, vanna and charm. |
| GEX Full | GEX | $69 | $621 | Single names and the whole surface. |
| Account & Execution API | Utilities | $19 | $171 | Place futures orders through an API. |
The exchanges charge us per professional user and per exchange. We pass those through at the rate we pay and add one platform fee — so the only number that is ours is the first line. There are no packages here because there is nothing to package: the price is a function of how many people see the data and where it comes from.
Those licence figures are set by CME Group and OPRA and are published in their own fee schedules — you can check every line except ours. Amounts are net of VAT; a non-professional subscription is shown gross.
If the data reaches people outside your organisation — an app, a product, a resold feed — that is a different licence again. From $2500/month plus $199 per reported end user.
There is no calculator for this one on purpose: the number depends on how the data is displayed and to whom, and a confident figure would be worse than none.
Talk to usTell us which index, future or options chain you need. We add markets fast — and email you the moment it's live.
67 markets live today across CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX and EUREX — equity indices (ES, NQ, YM, RTY, DAX, Euro Stoxx), rates, energy, metals, FX and CME crypto futures. Full options data is included on Pro. Need another? Request it and we enable it fast.
Here's the honest breakdown: microsecond serialization and sub-millisecond delivery inside our pipeline, measured from feed ingest to socket egress. On top of that comes your network round-trip to our edge — physics we can't skip, and nobody streaming over the public internet can. Every tick arrives in order, no gaps.
Yes. tickstream is a CME-verified data partner — the feed originates from licensed CME Group distribution (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX), not from scraping or synthetic reconstruction. That's also why the same data can power our public research and live algo track records.
First-class SDKs for Python, Node, browser JavaScript, Rust and Go — plus a plain WebSocket and REST API, so any language and any LLM works.
Yes. One command wires tickstream into Claude Code or any MCP agent, so your LLM can pull live ticks and backfill history with no glue code.
Always. Plans are monthly, billed through Stripe — change or cancel from your dashboard in one click.