Platforms & Tech
Data Feed
The live market data stream your platform uses for quotes and fills, such as Rithmic or the Tradovate/CQG feeds. Prop firms bundle a feed with the account.
In plain English
Your charts and order fills are only as good as the data feed behind them. Futures prop accounts route through a feed provider (Rithmic, CQG, dxFeed, or a platform's own feed), and the firm's platform lineup follows from that plumbing.
Feed differences show up as fill quality in fast markets and occasional divergent prints between platforms. When a firm switches feed providers, the platform list and sometimes the rules change with it.
- A firm offering Rithmic supports NinjaTrader and other Rithmic-connected platforms; a firm on the Tradovate feed pairs with the Tradovate web platform instead.