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Add trade reporting modifier flags, e.g. those found in CTS sale conditions here: https://www.nyse.com/publicdocs/ctaplan/notifications/trader-update/cts_output_spec.pdf Similar to: https://roadmap.databento.com/b/n0o5prm6/feature-ideas/include-opra-trade-conditions

Currently, indices are indirectly supported through tradable index instruments on CME futures, ETFs, etc. and we don't provide the index values (non-tradable) themselves. This may be sourced from a feed like the Cboe Global Indices Feed or NYSE Global Index Feed.

Full depth of book feed for Cboe Futures Exchange (CFE). CFE contains volatility futures and corporate bond index futures, such as VIX futures (VX, VXM).

Data for Eurex, including all schemas (MBO, MBP, ohlcv, etc.).

Currently, equities is supported via individual prop feeds of each venue. While NASDAQ is sufficient for getting NBBO for most of the time, some users prefer something that will be more in line with actual NBBO from SIPs. This feature request tracks 3 possible modes of consolidation for both historical and live data: Databento server-side consolidation of multiple proprietary feeds Consolidated data from proprietary feed like Nasdaq Basic in lieu of SIP Consolidated data from CTA/UTP SIPs We plan on implementing 1-2 of these three options.

We've received some requests recently for Binance data. Please upvote if this is of interest. We're still determining whether this is worth the risk.

Currently, multi-leg products (spreads, strategies, combos) on CME/ICE are hard to use because our instrument definitions do not provide metadata about each underlying leg. The user has to infer the legs from the symbol. This is a form of lossy normalization, since CME/ICE does provide this in their security definitions in a repeating group, but our fixed instrument definition schemas are forced to discard this—they only provide the the instrument_id of the first underlying instrument through underlying_id. In the meantime, our recommendation to users is to either infer this from the symbol OR download the raw security/instrument definitions from the exchange (e.g. CME's is free on their FTP) OR get a pcap subscription from us. If you need historical secdefs copied from CME (since their FTP site only gives 1 day history), we can provide a courtesy backfill of these for a fixed cost.

Historical and live market news.

Only regular trading hours are supported currently.

It would be helpful if OPRA trade conditions were included in the normalized schemas. This is useful information that's currently lost during normalization. Also include the "message type" of each last sale message. Similar to: https://roadmap.databento.com/roadmap/us-equity-trade-condition-codes

Securities and futures data.

Databento's feed is based on CME's MBO feed and we do not overlay implied depth from the MBP feed. This creates the appearance of less liquidity and wider spreads compared to many vendors that are only using the MBP feed. Overlaying MBO and MBP creates several complications; we think using the direct book is better for signal generation and execution, and prefer not overlay implied MBP over MBO to form a composite book. At this time, users who are sensitive to implied orders can impute the implied book themselves. That said, we may expose the implied book for users who find this useful and prefer to compare our data to another reference.

At the moment, options data users have to rely on fetching the definition schema and filtering for symbols that they're interested in using fields like expiration, asset, underlying_product, instrument_class, group, and strike_price. It would be convenient to fetch the options or options chains with particular conditions on expiration and strike price without going through the definition schema. This would be similar to smart symbology for futures. Note that even after this feature is released, we still recommend users to use definition as it gives more control and transparency over the symbology resolution.

Adding support for the CBOE Complex Options Order Feed, which provides detailed insights into complex order activity across CBOE markets. This includes multi-leg strategy orders, spread data, and intricate order types that are vital for understanding advanced options trading strategies. Key Features: -Real-time and historical data on multi-leg orders. -Visibility into pricing and execution of complex options strategies. -Detailed breakdowns of spread and combination order flows.