Most futures prop traders never think about their data feed until it breaks. A frozen quote on ES during a fast market, a DOM that’s showing yesterday’s depth, tick data that gaps out right when you needed it most. The feed is the foundation everything else runs on, and for most traders it’s completely invisible until something goes wrong.
dxFeed is one of those feeds you’re probably already using without knowing it. If you trade at My Funded Futures, if you use Bookmap or ATAS for order flow, if your prop firm runs on DXtrade infrastructure. There’s a good chance dxFeed is the engine underneath. This review covers what dxFeed actually is, what it covers, which platforms use it, and why it’s showing up more and more in the futures prop firm space.
What Is dxFeed?
dxFeed is a market data provider and a subsidiary of Devexperts, the same company behind the DXtrade trading platform. That parent company relationship matters and we’ll come back to it.
The business is focused on delivering financial market data and services to buy-side and sell-side institutions, specifically traders, data analysts, quants, and portfolio managers. According to their own about page, they’ve built one of the most comprehensive ticker plants in the world, covering exchanges across North America, Europe, and beyond.
The numbers from their site give a sense of scale: 6 million end-users through direct and B2B2C relationships, 200,000 simultaneous streaming clients, and 3.5 million instruments across equities, futures, options, indices, FX, crypto, and more. That’s institutional-grade infrastructure, not a startup data vendor.
Headquartered in Munich, Germany, with offices in Jersey City, Istanbul, Porto, Sofia, Singapore, and Dublin, dxFeed holds both SOC2 and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certifications, with the latter achieved in early 2026. Their clients include TD Ameritrade, TastyTrade, Peak6, and Benzinga, which gives you a sense of the institutional tier they operate at.
How Prop Firm Traders Actually Encounter dxFeed
Here’s the thing about dxFeed: most retail traders don’t go out and subscribe to it directly. They encounter it through their prop firm’s platform or through a third-party trading tool that runs on dxFeed’s data infrastructure. It’s B2B infrastructure that ends up in front of retail traders via partnerships.
The most concrete example in the futures prop firm space is My Funded Futures. In September 2024, dxFeed announced the integration of dxFeed US Futures directly into the MFFU platform. The announcement on dxfeed.com describes the collaboration as making “professional-grade market data accessible to a broader audience of aspiring traders.” For MFFU traders specifically, dxFeed powers the Volumetrica (DeepCharts) platform integration and the TradingView connection available directly from the MFFU dashboard.
The DXtrade connection is the other major angle. Because dxFeed and DXtrade share the same parent company in Devexperts, prop firms that license DXtrade as their platform infrastructure often get dxFeed as the bundled data source. It’s a natural stack: one vendor for both the platform and the feed, which simplifies the infrastructure considerably for firms building out their prop trading environment.
Futures Data Coverage
The futures data coverage on dxfeed.com is detailed and worth going through specifically for traders who care about which instruments are actually supported.
United States exchanges:
CME Group is the core of US futures coverage. dxFeed covers all four CME Group exchanges: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) for agricultural, energy, FX, and stock index futures including ES and NQ; the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) for interest rates, agricultural, and equity index products; NYMEX for metals, agricultural, and energy products including CL; and COMEX for precious, base, and ferrous metals including GC.
Beyond CME Group, US coverage extends to ICE Futures US for soft commodities, natural gas, power, equity indexes, and FX at both Level 1 and Full Order Depth; Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE) for VIX volatility futures; Nasdaq Futures (NFX) for energy and commodities benchmarks; and the Minneapolis Grain Exchange (MGEX) for commodities and indices.
European exchanges:
EU coverage includes Eurex for European stock futures and options, Euronext for financial derivatives on equities and indices, and ICE Futures Europe for crude oil, interest rates, equity derivatives, natural gas, power, coal, emissions, and soft commodities.
Turkey:
Borsa Istanbul futures covering single stock, index, FX, precious metals, commodity, and energy futures.
All data is delivered via low latency APIs in real-time, delayed, and historical market replay streams, or as a historical data download. That last point matters for traders who want to backtest strategies. The historical replay capability means you can run your setup against past market data at tick level.
Compatible Trading Platforms
The two platforms most relevant to futures prop traders are NinjaTrader and the Deepcharts/Volumetrica stack. Everything else on this list is worth knowing but less directly tied to the prop firm evaluation world.
NinjaTrader is the obvious one. dxFeed provides CME Group futures data for NinjaTrader subscribers and has built two NinjaTrader-specific widgets on top of it: a DOM price ladder widget and a DOM Heatmap that overlays real-time market depth directly onto charts. Traders who run order flow analysis inside NinjaTrader will find the full depth data genuinely useful here.
Deepcharts and Volumetrica (VolSys and VolBook) are the platforms MFFU traders actually use day to day. Both run on dxFeed as their primary data source, which is why the MFFU and dxFeed partnership announcement in 2024 mattered practically, not just on paper. If you’re doing DOM analysis or tape reading inside the MFFU environment, that’s dxFeed underneath.
The order flow crowd has a few more options. ATAS uses dxFeed for real-time market depth and historical charting across CME Group, Cboe, Nasdaq, and Eurex. Bookmap uses it for full market depth on US equities and futures. Optimus Flow pulls dxFeed data for its full suite of volume analysis tools including cluster charts, market delta, and heatmap. All three are legitimate platforms for serious order flow work and dxFeed feeds all of them.
Beyond that, Quantower and MotiveWave both integrate dxFeed. Quantower is multi-asset and broker-neutral, covering futures, stocks, options, and forex across CME Group, Cboe, Nasdaq, Borsa Istanbul, OPRA, and Eurex. MotiveWave is more niche. It’s known for Elliott Wave and Fibonacci analysis tools, but it runs dxFeed data for futures from CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX, Nasdaq, and OPRA. Honestly, if MotiveWave isn’t already part of your workflow you probably don’t need to think about it here.
dxFeed vs Rithmic vs CQG
Real talk: if you’re asking this question as a futures prop trader in 2026, Rithmic probably already won. Most major prop firms run on it, most platforms support it natively, and it has years of battle-testing in evaluation environments specifically. Rithmic describes itself as a leading provider of direct market access trade execution software, and the emphasis on execution as well as data is deliberate. That’s what made Rithmic the default in prop firm infrastructure. When everything is already wired to Rithmic, nobody switches.
CQG is the oldest name in this conversation, serving traders since 1980. Connects to over 85 data sources and more than 45 tradable exchanges, routes orders as well as delivering data, and partners with more than 100 Futures Commission Merchant environments. Their historical data depth is genuinely impressive. Agricultural futures with nearly 50 years of data, for example. CQG is where institutions with serious historical backtesting needs end up. For most retail prop traders it’s overkill, but it’s worth knowing it exists.
So where does dxFeed fit? Honestly it’s not competing head-to-head with Rithmic for prop firm dominance right now. What dxFeed brings is institutional infrastructure (6 million end-users, 200,000 simultaneous streaming clients, 3.5 million instruments) attached to a newer, more flexible ecosystem. The Devexperts/DXtrade bundle makes it attractive for prop firms that are building out new infrastructure rather than inheriting existing Rithmic setups. And the MFFU partnership shows it can integrate cleanly into a real funded trading environment.
The track record gap is real though. dxFeed’s presence in retail futures prop trading is measured in months, not years. That’s not a dealbreaker, but it’s honest. If your firm uses it, you’re getting solid institutional data infrastructure. If you’re choosing between firms and data feed quality is a factor, Rithmic’s longer track record in evaluation environments is a reasonable tiebreaker. Worth reading our CQG review and Rithmic review if you’re still deciding.
Pricing
dxFeed does not publish retail pricing on their website. Pricing is available on request for institutional and B2B clients.
For retail traders accessing dxFeed through platforms like Optimus Flow, data subscriptions start from around $19 per month, though this is Optimus Flow’s pricing for access via their platform, not a dxFeed direct price. If you’re at MFFU or another firm that uses dxFeed, the data cost is embedded in your challenge fee and you don’t pay separately for the feed.
If you need a direct dxFeed subscription for a specific platform or use case, contact them via dxfeed.com/contact-sales/ for pricing.
Who Should Pay Attention to dxFeed?
Traders at My Funded Futures are already using it. The Volumetrica/DeepCharts integration and the TradingView dashboard connection both run on dxFeed data. No action needed; it’s already there.
Traders using Bookmap, ATAS, Quantower, or Optimus Flow for order flow analysis have dxFeed as one of the available data feed options for those platforms. If you want full market depth on CME futures through any of those tools, dxFeed is a legitimate choice alongside Rithmic.
Anyone building on the DXtrade prop firm ecosystem should understand the dxFeed relationship, because when a firm licenses DXtrade as their platform, dxFeed is often the bundled data provider. As more prop firms adopt DXtrade for futures, dxFeed’s footprint in this space will grow.
Traders who don’t fit the above categories, specifically those at Apex, Topstep, TradeDay, or other Rithmic-based firms using NinjaTrader or Tradovate , probably don’t need to think about dxFeed at all right now. Rithmic handles their data, and there’s no reason to switch what’s working.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is dxFeed the same as DXtrade?
No. They’re related but separate products. dxFeed is a market data provider that delivers price data. DXtrade is a white-label trading platform that prop firms license. Both are owned by Devexperts, which is why you often see them paired together. dxFeed provides the data, DXtrade provides the trading interface.
Which prop firms use dxFeed?
My Funded Futures is the confirmed futures prop firm using dxFeed, announced via an official partnership in September 2024. Other firms using DXtrade infrastructure may also be running dxFeed data underneath, though this varies by firm. As the DXtrade ecosystem expands into futures, more firms are likely to follow.
How does dxFeed compare to Rithmic?
Rithmic is the established standard for futures prop trading, with the longest track record in evaluation environments and the broadest support across platforms and firms. dxFeed has institutional-grade infrastructure and solid futures exchange coverage, but its presence in the retail prop firm space is newer. Both are legitimate, but Rithmic currently has the deeper track record specifically in funded futures trading environments.
Can I use dxFeed with NinjaTrader?
Yes. dxFeed has a dedicated NinjaTrader integration listed on their site, providing CME Group futures data plus two NinjaTrader-specific DOM widgets. Check availability and pricing via your broker or directly through dxfeed.com.
Do I need to subscribe to dxFeed separately or does my prop firm include it?
If your firm uses dxFeed, the data cost is almost always embedded in your challenge fee. MFFU traders access dxFeed data through the firm’s platform without a separate subscription. If you want to access dxFeed independently through a third-party platform like Bookmap or Optimus Flow, that platform handles the subscription and pricing on their end.
What futures exchanges does dxFeed cover?
US coverage includes the full CME Group (CME, CBOT, NYMEX, COMEX), ICE Futures US, Cboe CFE, Nasdaq Futures, and MGEX. EU coverage includes Eurex, Euronext, and ICE Futures Europe. Turkey coverage includes Borsa Istanbul. Data is available at both Level 1 and Full Order Depth depending on the exchange and subscription.
Bottom Line
dxFeed is not the data feed you’re going to go out and shop for the way you’d choose between NinjaTrader and Tradovate. It’s infrastructure , something that’s either already part of your setup because your firm or platform uses it, or it’s not relevant to you yet.
The institutional foundation is genuinely serious. The certifications, the client roster (TD, TastyTrade, Peak6), the scale, the exchange coverage. This isn’t a lightweight data vendor. The fact that it’s showing up in the futures prop firm space via MFFU and the DXtrade ecosystem suggests the footprint will keep growing.
For now: if you’re at MFFU, you’re using it. If you’re on Bookmap or ATAS and want full CME depth data, it’s a legitimate option. And if you’re at a Rithmic-based firm trading ES, NQ, CL, or GC every day, you probably don’t need to think about dxFeed at all until your firm or platform makes a decision that changes that.