Market Data Technology
Know where the market is before anyone else
TradeStation's unmatched degree of speed and reliability of data
transmission ensure that you know where the market is before others do.
Avoid back-testing and trading pitfalls caused by bad ticks
TradeStation's data is among the cleanest in the industry, allowing
you to make your trading decisions with confidence. TradeStation
understands the extreme importance of having clean, accurate data on
which to base your trading decisions. TradeStation's superior data
accuracy is maintained by using automated filtering mechanisms to catch
three primary sources - as a first layer of defense, erroneous data is
caught in real-time by our automated filtering mechanisms. As a second
layer of defense, data is corrected in real-time by the financial
exchanges themselves. And as a third layer of defense, data is manually
maintained in-house by using an expert team of market data
professionals.
Don't miss a trading opportunity
TradeStation's ConnectionGuard™ technology helps to ensure data
accuracy even in cases in which when your Internet connectivity is
temporarily lost, so that you don't miss potentially valuable trading
opportunities.
Connect from anywhere
You can use TradeStation from anywhere in the world. If you're able
to connect to the Internet, then you're able to connect to TradeStation.
Test your strategies across all market cycles
TradeStation's historical database is the envy of all financial data
providers. By offering years and years and even decades years of
intraday and daily data - along with extensive amounts of tick data, -
TradeStation allows you to back-test your strategies to a degree that's
simply unheard of elsewhere.
Test your futures strategies across years of futures data using TradeStation's Custom Continuous Futures Contracts
You choose when and how your continuous futures contracts roll from
one month to the next, and TradeStation does all of the work. You can
use TradeStation's automatic continuous contracts, or you can choose the
specific months to include in the continuous contract, the data series
on which to base the continuous data, the rollover trigger event, and
the back adjustment method. All of these allow you to view the market
and run your back testing differently to help you find what works best
for you.
Gain access to exclusive market indices unavailable elsewhere
Many of TradeStation's real-time market indices are unavailable
elsewhere and can provide you with a unique perspective on the market.
TradeStation provides hundreds of real-time market indices that are
tailored to various specific markets. For example, TradeStation provides
numerous market data indices tailored to certain futures such as the
full and mini sized S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, Dow 30, and Russell 2000.
Experience the most detailed market depth coverage in the industry
TradeStation combines market depth from several active sources,
including NASDAQ Level II, NASDAQ TotalView, NASDAQ OpenView, Bloomberg,
BATS, Direct Edge (EDGA and EDGX), and ARCA to provide best-in-class
market depth coverage, thereby making you aware of liquidity that may be
unseen outside of TradeStation.