TraderMade: FX data APIs, streaming feeds and historical downloads

TraderMade supplies reference data for pricing applications, charting, research and treasury workflows. Its product range combines live rates, historical series and developer-oriented delivery.[1]

The FIX specification expressly excludes trading and order placement. A feed can support a broker’s reference prices or analytics without providing an executable counterparty, a funded trading account or settlement.[7]

WebSocket control messages remain JSON even when quote delivery uses CSV or SSV. A duplicate key login can log out the other connection. After a disconnect, the documented recovery is backoff, reconnect, authenticate and subscribe again: the server does not retain subscriptions.[6]

FIX handles heartbeat, test request, resend, sequence reset and logout. Its example heartbeat interval is 30 seconds; the guide recommends resetting sequence numbers on logon to simplify reconnection. Entitlement and symbol limits remain server-enforced, so example configuration files are not a substitute for assigned session details.[7]

Unused monthly requests do not roll over; exhausting the allowance blocks further calls that month. REST renews monthly unless cancelled; failed payment returns it to free access. Paid WebSocket access runs one month from payment and is disabled after failed renewal.[9]

The historical-data purchase tool separately offers a 20% discount on purchases over £200. It selects tick or minute files by symbol and month; the unauthenticated page leaves unit prices dynamic. Payment generates a download link after file preparation.[13]

Enterprise delivery includes dedicated feeds, cloud endpoints and tailored data, supported by integration staff and developer examples. The implementation offer is a commercial service description; the public page does not give a standard project duration or migration charge.[10]

A successful HTTP status is insufficient for REST validation: documented errors 204 and 401 can arrive in an HTTP 200 response. Clients must inspect the body. Timeseries supports records, CSV, index, columns and split output; weekend=true is supported for crypto pairs only.[5]

The March 2026 MT5 tutorial supplies a distinct reference implementation. A Python TCP server retrieves REST minute history and then forwards streaming ticks to an MQL5 receiver, which creates MT5 custom symbols. Its history_tracker.json state records the last candle to avoid downloading the entire history on every restart. The receiver adds ticks and removes overlapping records when replacing data.[11]

Setup requires REST and streaming keys plus the Python dependencies or supplied executable. The tutorial attaches its receiving EA to a normal broker chart, enables the required terminal setting and permits local/network connections. The resulting custom-symbol feed populates data; the tutorial does not document a broker order-routing service.[11]

The published enterprise service includes implementation assistance, while standard contact routes separate sales from technical support. Public email addresses do not establish an incident response clock.[15][10]

The API terms define an outage as unavailability to all customers for over three consecutive hours in one London calendar day. More than three outages in a Monday–Sunday week permit termination; notice is nevertheless due within one week of the third outage. That mismatch warrants clarification. Accepted termination refunds the latest paid term.[9]

The standard API licence permits internal reference use; external display or access needs prior permission. It restricts redistribution, derivative works and systematic extraction for storage or distribution. Rates across all protocols are indicative.[9]

Enterprise pricing explicitly offers white-label and redistribution rights. Those rights need to appear in the selected agreement because the general API licence does not itself grant them.[8]

The Excel and Google Sheets integrations retrieve market data using an API key. TraderMade also advertises a conversational analysis add-in for rate retrieval, calculations and technical analysis; its description establishes data access, not authority to execute trades. Add-ins are described as free for existing data users, leaving the underlying data entitlement separate.[14]

TraderMade dates its brand history to 1984 and describes a longstanding financial-data and analytics business. That operating history predates the incorporation of the present named UK company.[16]

Companies House lists TraderMade Systems Ltd, company 08217895, as active, incorporated on 17 September 2012. Its registered office is Kingfisher House, Elmfield Road, Bromley, matching the location on the current contact page.[17][15]

The current public control record names Emil Assentato as a person with significant control through 75% or more of the shares. A provider-hosted April 2015 announcement described Currency Mountain Holdings LLC’s acquisition of TraderMade; that historical transaction is distinct from the present direct control disclosure.[18][19]

Operator

TraderMade Systems Ltd

Service scope

Reference market data through REST, WebSocket, FIX and historical files.

Customer types

Trading platforms; Fintechs; Corporate treasury teams

Delivery

API

Pricing publication

Public and quoted pricing

Integrations

REST API; WebSocket V2; FIX 4.4; Excel and Google Sheets; MT5 custom-symbol data example

Implementation

API credentials, symbol entitlements, request-window handling and connection recovery.

Support

Sales and support email; enterprise implementation assistance.

Permissions and regulatory scope

FIX is a market-data service with no order-placement function.

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A WebSocket licence permits one connection per key; additional simultaneous clients require additional licences.[9]

Ending the API agreement also ends permission to use, store or access its data. An archive-retention right therefore needs separate agreement.[9]

The currently linked privacy notice is dated 1 November 2018. It treats account administration as controller processing and distinguishes product processing covered by a separate data-processing agreement. Registered-user data may remain after account closure where legally necessary, including accounting retention; deletion and portability requests go through support.[20]

That notice describes encrypted transmission and storage, access controls, backups and physical server safeguards. These are the provider’s stated measures in the dated policy, rather than a newly verified security certification or a contractual recovery-time promise. Personal-data portability also differs from a licence to retain the market-data archive.[20]