Contract monitoring for market data licensing

Market data fees depend on who used what, where, and how. Entitlements checked.

AllCaps reconciles exchange fee schedules, user entitlements, non-display use, redistribution, derived data, and tier pricing against actual access data.

Green means user count, feed, use case, reporting category, and fee tier reconcile.

Market Data contractsLast checked today, 6:00 AM
4 monitored
2 in line
1 review
1 flagged
NYSE Real-Time Data
Professional display users match entitlement records.
In lineMay report
Non-Display Application Use
Two retired apps still billed as active non-display instances.
FlaggedMay report
Derived Data Feed
Use case classification awaiting policy confirmation.
ReviewMay report
Terminal Entitlements
Active user count matches licensed seats.
In lineMay report
Who it is for

Built for financial firms managing exchange and vendor data fees.

Market data contracts charge based on definitions. Display versus non-display, professional versus non-professional, redistribution, and derived data all matter.

Market data teams

Reconcile exchange reporting to entitlement systems.

Finance

Spot overbilling and avoid audit exposure from misclassified usage.

Technology

Map feeds, terminals, APIs, and applications to contract categories.

Usage categories become rules

Users, terminals, feeds, non-display systems, redistribution, and derived data are checked together.

Market data spend is governed by product schedules and policy definitions, not just headcount.

AllCaps compares entitlement records and application inventories to the fee categories in the agreement.

Non-Display Application UseEncoded data policy
Display usersPer professional user
Non-displayPer application
RedistributionApproved only
Derived dataUse-case fee
Report timingMonthly
Transactions checked
When a category is wrong

The finding shows the reported use, the correct category, and the fee impact.

The same feed can be billed differently depending on how it is consumed.

The exception documents the use case and the pricing rule so the firm can correct reporting or recover overbilling.

Finding - Market Data - Non-display inventory
Retired applications still billed as active non-display use
Flagged
Active applications
6
Billed applications
8
Fee impact$11,200
Contract language

Non-display fees apply only to active production applications consuming the licensed data feed during the applicable reporting month.

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Across feeds and exchanges

Market data needs continuous entitlement verification.

The roll-up shows clean feeds, reporting categories under review, and fee exceptions.

That helps market data, finance, and technology stay aligned before the next exchange audit.

In line
14
Review
3
Flagged
1
NYSE real-timeDisplay usersIn line
Non-display appsApplication inventoryFlagged
Derived dataPolicy categoryReview
TerminalsEntitlementsIn line
How it works

Three steps. Then it runs continuously.

01

Encode the agreement

We turn the economic terms in the market data agreement into rules: rates, thresholds, caps, credits, formulas, and exceptions.

02

Connect the evidence

Invoices, statements, usage files, claim data, settlement reports, and performance records run against those rules as they arrive.

03

Collect what is owed

Green means in line. Anything else is surfaced with the clause, calculation, period, and counterparty-ready support.

Make one market data agreement living and see every entitlement checked.

We encode subscriber, device, feed, redistribution, non-display, derived data, and tier rules, then reconcile them to entitlement systems.

The first pass
  • One exchange, vendor, or data feed agreement.
  • Entitlement, user, device, and reporting data.
  • Display, non-display, redistribution, and tier terms encoded.
  • Findings for over-licensed seats, underreported usage, or wrong fee category.
Start with one contract->