Futures Historical Research Package

From CME to COMEX, ticks to ten levels of depth, one pipeline.

Every CME Group exchange under one agreement, with depth included rather than sold separately: nanosecond ticks, minute and second bars, and up to ten levels of order book depth across CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX. Full history from 2014 with daily automated updates.

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Historical research

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Out-of-sample

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Paper trading

4

Live trading

Trusted by

2

US regulators

1,855+

institutions since 2015

Starting at

$2,500

/month

Fixed-fee 2-year lease for a team of up to 10.

Indicative pricing. Final quotes reflect history depth, delivery method, and team size.

Every CME Group dataset

Depth included, not add-on

Daily updates included

No exchange fees on historical

10

levels of depth

50%

off streaming data

2014

history start

Historical and streaming delivery methods

Core team from the trading side

Research to Live

One vendor, one license, the full intraday futures research-to-trading lifecycle.

CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, ticks through ten levels of depth, all under one agreement, updated overnight. Research moves from crude to treasuries to gold without a procurement conversation in between.

Core team from a quantitative trading background

The person who picks up your support thread has used data like this in production. You’re not just buying data, you’re buying the professional level of support that goes with it.

Your research, your IP

Features, signals, models, backtests, papers: what you derive is yours, and stays yours after the lease ends.

2-year lease, fixed fee, growing catalog

The fee stays the same for the full term. New eligible algoseek datasets and methodology improvements are added automatically, with no mid-term repricing.

Sized for a team of up to 10

One to ten hands-on users, on any computers you manage. Unlimited use within the team, no per-seat metering.

30-day setup, billing pauses

A 30-day onboarding window before billing starts: time to wire up S3, connect ArdaDB, and ingest your first datasets.

Daily updates included

Every dataset in the package refreshes daily. Reference data and new history land in your account overnight.

All delivery methods available

Choose what fits your workflow, then add real-time when you’re ready.

AWS S3 flat files

RESTful API

ArdaDB cloud SQL

Jupyter notebook

Python library

Three datasets, three contracts, three renewals. Or the package.

Licensing CME Group futures individually means a separate agreement per exchange plus a depth add-on. The package covers all four exchanges with depth included under one.

Pay per dataset

$2,900/month

A typical three-dataset minimum for futures research.

  • Trade and Quote, tick-level $1,200
  • TAQ Minute Bar $900
  • Multiple Depth (10 levels) $800
  • Total per month $2,900

vs

Options Package

$2,500

/month

Every CME Group futures dataset. One license. Up to 10 team members.

Every CME Group tick, minute bar, second bar, and depth dataset

Full history from 2014 with daily automated updates

Real-time and delayed streaming at 50% of list price for standard feeds

New datasets added to the package automatically, no extra charge

Indicative individual pricing. Actual quotes depend on history depth, delivery method, and team size.

What’s Included

Datasets covering every CME Group exchange.

Click any dataset for fields and documentation.

The same six dataset types are available for every exchange in the CME Group complex: CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX. algoseek is an officially licensed CME data reseller.

US Futures Trade and Quote Minute Bar

Production · algoseek

Futures

Intraday Bar

US

CSVSQL

US Futures Trade and Quote Minute Bar

Production · algoseek

Futures

Intraday Bar

US

Minute-level futures TAQ bar with 50+ analytics, including OHLC from trades and quotes, VWAP, spread statistics, and aggressor trade counts.

Bid-Ask SpreadBuy/Sell AggressorMarket AnalyticsMinute BarMinute LevelOHLCStatistical DataTrade and Quote

CSVSQL

US Futures Trade and Quote

Production · algoseek

Futures

Tick

US

CSVSQL

US Futures Trade and Quote

Production · algoseek

Futures

Tick

US

Tick-level U.S. futures trade and quote data with millisecond timestamps, aggressor flags, and exchange condition codes.

CMEExchange Condition CodesMillisecond TimestampsTick DataTick LevelTrade AggressorTrade and Quote

CSVSQL

US Futures Multiple Depth

Production · algoseek

Futures

Tick

US

CSVSQL

US Futures Multiple Depth

Production · algoseek

Futures

Tick

US

Ten-level bid and ask market depth for U.S. futures, including price, size, and order count at each level.

10 LevelsBuy/Sell SidesLiquidityMarket DepthMarket MicrostructureOrder BookOrder FlowTick Level

CSVSQL

US Futures Trade Only

Production · algoseek

Futures

Tick

US

CSVSQL

US Futures Trade Only

Production · algoseek

Futures

Tick

US

Tick-level, trade-only U.S. futures data with millisecond timestamps, aggressor flags, and exchange condition codes.

Exchange Condition CodesMillisecond TimestampsTick DataTick LevelTrade AggressorTrades Only

CSVSQL

US Futures Trade Only Minute Bar

Production · algoseek

Futures

Intraday Bar

US

CSVSQL

US Futures Trade Only Minute Bar

Production · algoseek

Futures

Intraday Bar

US

Trade-only 1-minute OHLC bar for U.S. futures with volume, dollar volume, trade count, and buy/sell aggressor statistics.

Buy/Sell AggressorDollar VolumeMinute BarMinute LevelOHLCTrades OnlyVolume Data

CSVSQL

US Futures Trade Only Second Bar

Production · algoseek

Futures

Intraday Bar

US

CSV

US Futures Trade Only Second Bar

Production · algoseek

Futures

Intraday Bar

US

Trade-only 1-second OHLC bar for U.S. futures with volume, dollar volume, trade count, and buy/sell aggressor statistics.

Buy/Sell AggressorDollar VolumeOHLCSecond BarSecond LevelTrades OnlyVolume Data

CSV

Built to Grow With You

Your datasets expand over time. The fee doesn’t.

Second bars and additional depth aggregations have shipped since launch, and a futures security master is next. Every addition lands in existing packages automatically at no extra charge.

  • New eligible algoseek datasets are added automatically at no extra charge.
  • All additions of methodology are included for the duration of the package lease.
  • Pricing stays fixed inside the term, with a small predictable adjustment on renewal.

Historical and Streaming

One pipeline. Historical, delayed, and real-time on the same data.

The Mercury ticker plant writes the archive and the feed from the same CME Group exchange feeds: one process, two outputs, identical fields and condition codes. Package subscribers get both feeds at 50% of list price.

Mercury ticker plant infrastructure

Direct multicast exchange feeds, microseconds latency, regional redundancy, 4-way arbitration, zero-failure architecture.

Same pipeline

Historical archive

Included

Full futures history from 2014 written from the same Mercury feeds. Daily automated updates keep your archive current.

  • Full history from 2014
  • Daily updates included
  • S3, ArdaDB SQL, RESTful API, Jupyter, Python library

Streaming feed

Add-on

Same normalized feed delivered real-time or with a 15-minute delay. The historical and streaming records are identical.

  • Real-time or 15-minute delayed
  • 50% of list price for standard feeds
  • TCP/IP: co-location, cloud, on-prem, or over internet

Delayed feed

Add-on for package holders

$625/mo

Standard feeds

15-minute delayed streaming on the same normalized feed, for work that doesn’t need millisecond latency.

Add delayed streaming

Real-time feed

Add-on for package holders

$1,250/mo

Standard feeds

Real-time streaming via Mercury, over TCP/IP to co-location, cloud, on-prem, or the internet, for paper trading and live execution. Non-standard configurations quoted at list price; exchange fees are set by the exchanges.

Add real-time streaming

License Terms

What you can do with the data.

Download it, store it wherever you control, keep your derived research after the lease ends.

  • Can I download the data?

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    Yes. You can download data, as much as you like, and store it wherever you want.

  • Where am I allowed to have the data?

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    Any computer you manage or control: cloud, data center, office, or laptops.

  • What happens at the end of the lease?

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    At the end of the lease, you delete all raw algoseek data. You keep your derived data: signals, statistical outputs, and anything that cannot be reverse-engineered back into the raw dataset.

  • What exactly is derived data?

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    Signals, statistical outputs, sampled data: anything from your research that cannot be reverse-engineered back into the raw algoseek data.

  • Can I buy the data at the end of the lease?

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    Yes. You can buy the data in perpetuity at the end of the lease for a one-time payment. Contact sales for pricing.

  • Can I use the data for my fintech?

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    Lease pricing here is for internal use. Displaying data to your own end users involves exchange licensing; algoseek works closely with fintechs to minimize those costs. Contact sales to discuss.

View the full licensing FAQ

Other Packages

Trading options on your futures? Add the future options package at half price.

Most teams adding a second package go to future options or equities; your second single-asset package is half price. Teams across all asset classes use the Multi-Asset Package instead.

US Equities

US Equities Package

$2,500/mo

39 datasets

The complete SIP feed from 2007 to yesterday. Tick-level trades and quotes, extended minute bars with up to 90 fields, second bars, and the in-house security master.

90 fields per bar

Security masters

39 datasets

View package

US Futures

US Equity Options Package

$3,300/mo

Every contract on every US options exchange. Tick-level trades and quotes, 60+ field minute bars, open interest, contract lifecycle tracking, and Global Trading Hours included.

Full lifecycle tracking

OPRA security master

15 datasets

View package

Future Options

Future Options Package

$2,500/mo

Options on CME Group futures. Tick-level trade and quote data with minute bar aggregations. The dataset most teams struggle to source cleanly, handled.

CME options on futures

Same structure as futures

View package

All Asset Classes

Multi-Asset Package

$5,000/mo

60+ datasets

Every equity, options, futures, and future options dataset under one contract. No per-asset-class negotiations, no separate renewals. One price and every new dataset added automatically.

All asset classes

60+ datasets

Single umbrella

View umbrella

Two ways to start

See the data first, or talk to someone who knows it.

Whether you want to talk through depth coverage and exchange-specific questions, or just query the data yourself first, both routes are open.

Contact us about the package

Talk to a person who has worked with the data, not just read about it. Pricing, history depth, licensing: the conversation starts where it needs to.

Explore the Data

Run SQL or Python against real futures datasets in the Sandbox. No credit card, up to a year of data.