Option Broker with (Web?)-API

[bmcmtrader]

Hi all.
I'm sorry if that has been aksed already (pretty sure it was), but I'm going in circles, maybe I get some new links / ideas in here.

What I have: a self coded trading system (kotlin/spring, typescript/node and some c++) running on a cloud server. It integrates with IB (via IB Gateway) and a local futures brokers (using their undocumented web-api, reverse-engineered from the webapp).

I want to add 3rd broker, as the reverse-engineered web-api is a very hacky solution, IBGateway is a pain-in-the-ass + I will be banned from IB platfrom soon (want to change from an IB introducing broker to IB and this implies a 6month ban.. lol)

I'm a EU retail customer, traiding arround 1000 Option Contracts / year (and a future from time to time) on CME and EUREX. There are no HFT/tick-by-tick by requirements - hedge orders are placed immedialty with the trade opending. I need "some sort" of realtime market data that is stable, latency / executon speed not that important for me.

And here is where problem starts.. I find two types of CME brokers: the one addressing retail customers and maybe provides an API, as part of some supported trading tool (if any at all), that is the same cumbersome sh*t as this "IB TWS API via IBGateway on docker with IBC..-.-" and than there is the second type, that has proper API but clearly targets institutional.. they don't even have signup button, but a sales@

My dream would be something https://alpaca.markets/ but for CME
I also have no problem in doing FIX or using whatever language I need to, but ideally there is an online endpoint I can connect to and not yet one more virtualized IB-gateway-like thing.

Thanks for any tips!

 

[xandman]

Rithmic https://yyy3.rithmic.com/?page_id=9

The data and order routing vendor makes it happen for you. That is how the Futures Industry is structured.

 

[bmcmtrader]

Hmm already stumbled over rithmic a couple of times, but was under the impression that is an API against the R Trader tool and since there is no public doc available (or I can't find it) I moved on.
Will have a closer look again, thx!

 

[ZBZB]

The futures/fop api’s are www.tradingtechnologies.com www.cqg.com www.rithmic.com www.tradovate.com

There are lists of brokers offering those api’s on those websites.

 

[bmcmtrader]

After quickly checking out the links, I think I found the "alpaca for futures" https://api.tradovate.com/
Will digg some deeper, thanks!!

 

[rb7]

Hmm already stumbled over rithmic a couple of times, but was under the impression that is an API against the R Trader tool and since there is no public doc available (or I can't find it) I moved on.
Will have a closer look again, thx!

Rithmic is not a REST-API like Tradovate like you seem to want.

To get more info about Rithmic, you just need to provide your email address and they will send you all the info. You can then try it for free. I have no relation to them. I am just in the process of switching from IB to something else and Rithmic is on my list (but I don't want a REST-API).