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 LukePoga 
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Hi,

I am looking for a fast API. All I care about is receiving ticks and placing orders. so Tick to Trade latency is all that matters.

So far I have found

Rithmic,
CTS T4 API,
and i think TT
has some APIs but their website is very confusing.
RealTick API

I already tried a test Rithmic VPS in Aurora and pinging Rithmic's LAN IP was slow! 1-2ms within the DC. Whats up with that! I can get that 10 miles away.

are there any professionals on here using APIs? or any other APIs i have missed?

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Hi,

I am looking for a fast API. All I care about is receiving ticks and placing orders. so Tick to Trade latency is all that matters.

So far I have found

Rithmic,
CTS T4 API,
and i think TT
has some APIs but their website is very confusing.
RealTick API

I already tried a test Rithmic VPS in Aurora and pinging Rithmic's LAN IP was slow! 1-2ms within the DC. Whats up with that! I can get that 10 miles away.

are there any professionals on here using APIs? or any other APIs i have missed?

1-2Ms is slow? Go for the Diamond API, host your equipment in the CME Aurora center, and see if you can get subpar 1Ms.

I think for most API users 1-2 MS is very reasonable unless you have a frequency that exceeds most retail volumes.

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If you really are that speed focused you should be looking at direct market access with a feed direct from the CME. Unfortunately thats both expensive, and you'll probably struggle to find a broker to back you unless you have a very large account size.

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1-2Ms is slow? Go for the Diamond API, host your equipment in the CME Aurora center, and see if you can get subpar 1Ms.

I think for most API users 1-2 MS is very reasonable unless you have a frequency that exceeds most retail volumes.

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Matt, latency and transaction fees determines trade frequency. It is chicken and egg.

The higher the frequency the better one sleeps at night.

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Matt, latency and transaction fees determines trade frequency. It is chicken and egg.

The higher the frequency the better one sleeps at night.

I respect your experience, and you have the right to apply it the way you see fit with your capital.
However, my experience in building a method into a frequently traded program has been different with existing customers.

If you have a method that works and you believe that subpar 1M justifies the cost, then you should also consider a CME membership to reduce fees.

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If you really are that speed focused you should be looking at direct market access with a feed direct from the CME. Unfortunately thats both expensive, and you'll probably struggle to find a broker to back you unless you have a very large account size.

You are right.
Besides size, there is a specific onboarding process for the Direct CME feed, and one of them is proving that your script has limits written into it. Then, the risk side of the FCM has to approve these limits.
In my experience, it does take above average account size.


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 LukePoga 
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I understand if one starts spending $2000USD a month, one is tempted to increase leverage. and we all know what happens then (*risk of ruin)

theres definitely good reasons to take a chill pill here.

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$2000 a month is nothing. Even software like TT will cost you about 1500, then you have membership and data fees on top of that. CME DMA Data Feed will cost considerably more. (Can't find it right now but think its $10k?)

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 LukePoga 
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yeah. the 1ms boundary jumps from $200/m to $2000/m and then beyond probably $20K/month

i am not up at that level. although i can theoretically benefit, it puts too much pressure on me to perform.

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