Which brokers does Sharpnel connect to?

A generic FIX 4.4 session and Interactive Brokers for futures; Interactive Brokers and Alpaca for stocks and options; OANDA and a MetaTrader 5 bridge for forex (MetaTrader 4 is not supported yet); and Binance, Bybit, OKX, Hyperliquid and Coinbase for crypto. Tastytrade and Ironbeam connect for data only. Rithmic is built and audited and switches on once ISV certification completes; Tradovate is on the roadmap.

Can I trade forex from the terminal?

Yes. OANDA connects through its v20 REST API with your own token and defaults to the practice environment, and a local MetaTrader 5 bridge routes to the MT5 terminal already running on your machine. There are also CME FX futures and dedicated FX strength and cross-rate panels.

Does it work with MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4, and does live trading go through it?

MetaTrader 5: yes, live. Sharpnel Desktop ships a bridge Expert Advisor, SharpnelBridge, that runs inside your own MT5. In the terminal open Broker Connections, pick MetaTrader, set the port (9070), generate a token and save. In MT5 copy the EA into MQL5/Experts, compile it, allow algorithmic trading, add 127.0.0.1 to the allowed URLs (no DLL imports needed), drag it onto the chart of the symbol you trade and paste the token. From then on quotes and Level-2 depth stream into the DOM, and the orders you send from the terminal (market or limit, with stop and target) execute in MT5. Your broker login never leaves MT5; only market data and order commands cross the loopback socket. MetaTrader 4 is not supported yet: MQL4 has no market-book API, so it would be quotes and orders only.

Does it work with crypto exchanges?

Yes. Aggregated level-2 depth from Binance, Bybit, OKX, Hyperliquid and Coinbase is free and needs no account or API key at all. Account trading across those venues uses your own keys.

Can I trade stocks and options?

Yes. Alpaca handles US stocks and single-leg options with your own API keys, and Interactive Brokers handles equities plus the at-the-money options chain — chain data needs OPRA or CME-options entitlement on your own IBKR account. Tastytrade connects for chains and quotes but has no order path.

Will it place orders by accident?

No. Trading is paper by default and live routing requires an explicit ARM, which resets every launch. OANDA additionally defaults to its practice environment.

Brokers and venues it connects to

Sharpnel is bring your own data. You connect the broker or exchange account you already have, and that data agreement stays between you and them — there is no market-data resale here. Crypto depth is the exception: it comes from the public exchange feeds and needs no account at all.

Five markets, and the honest split between what you can trade through and what you can only read.

Futures

Venue	What it does	Detail
Interactive Brokers	Trade & data	Equities and the ATM options chain through the Client Portal API. Chain polling needs OPRA or CME-options entitlement on your own IBKR account.
FIX 4.4	Trade & data	A generic session for any broker that speaks FIX, when there is no dedicated connector.
Ironbeam	Data only	Futures market data over REST and websocket.

Coming: Rithmic, Tradovate — Built and audited, waiting on ISV certification before it can be switched on. It is the route most funded and prop futures accounts already run, so it is the first switch to flip. On the roadmap. It is the default platform for multi-firm futures prop accounts, which is why it is a priority — it is not connected today.

Stocks

Venue	What it does	Detail
Interactive Brokers	Trade & data	Equities and the ATM options chain through the Client Portal API. Chain polling needs OPRA or CME-options entitlement on your own IBKR account.
Alpaca	Trade & data	US stocks and single-leg options with your own API keys.
FIX 4.4	Trade & data	A generic session for any broker that speaks FIX, when there is no dedicated connector.

Options

Venue	What it does	Detail
Interactive Brokers	Trade & data	Equities and the ATM options chain through the Client Portal API. Chain polling needs OPRA or CME-options entitlement on your own IBKR account.
Alpaca	Trade & data	US stocks and single-leg options with your own API keys.
tastytrade	Data only	Option chains and quotes. Reading only — there is no order path, so you place the trade in tastytrade itself.

Forex

Venue	What it does	Detail
OANDA	Trade & data	Spot FX through the v20 REST API with your own token. Defaults to the practice environment, so the first connection cannot touch a live account by accident.
MetaTrader 5	Trade & data	A local bridge to the MT5 terminal already running on your machine: the bundled SharpnelBridge EA dials in over 127.0.0.1 with a token, carrying quotes, Level-2 depth and orders — no server in the middle. MetaTrader 4 is not supported yet.

Crypto

Venue	What it does	Detail
Binance, Bybit, OKX, Hyperliquid and Coinbase	Trade & data	Account trading across venues with your own keys, and aggregated L2 depth across all of them at once.
Crypto market datafree	Data only	Live L2 order book from the public exchange feeds. No account, no API key, nothing to sign up for.

Common questions

Which brokers does Sharpnel connect to?: A generic FIX 4.4 session and Interactive Brokers for futures; Interactive Brokers and Alpaca for stocks and options; OANDA and a MetaTrader 5 bridge for forex (MetaTrader 4 is not supported yet); and Binance, Bybit, OKX, Hyperliquid and Coinbase for crypto. Tastytrade and Ironbeam connect for data only. Rithmic is built and audited and switches on once ISV certification completes; Tradovate is on the roadmap.
Can I trade forex from the terminal?: Yes. OANDA connects through its v20 REST API with your own token and defaults to the practice environment, and a local MetaTrader 5 bridge routes to the MT5 terminal already running on your machine. There are also CME FX futures and dedicated FX strength and cross-rate panels.
Does it work with MetaTrader 5 or MetaTrader 4, and does live trading go through it?: MetaTrader 5: yes, live. Sharpnel Desktop ships a bridge Expert Advisor, SharpnelBridge, that runs inside your own MT5. In the terminal open Broker Connections, pick MetaTrader, set the port (9070), generate a token and save. In MT5 copy the EA into MQL5/Experts, compile it, allow algorithmic trading, add 127.0.0.1 to the allowed URLs (no DLL imports needed), drag it onto the chart of the symbol you trade and paste the token. From then on quotes and Level-2 depth stream into the DOM, and the orders you send from the terminal (market or limit, with stop and target) execute in MT5. Your broker login never leaves MT5; only market data and order commands cross the loopback socket. MetaTrader 4 is not supported yet: MQL4 has no market-book API, so it would be quotes and orders only.
Does it work with crypto exchanges?: Yes. Aggregated level-2 depth from Binance, Bybit, OKX, Hyperliquid and Coinbase is free and needs no account or API key at all. Account trading across those venues uses your own keys.
Can I trade stocks and options?: Yes. Alpaca handles US stocks and single-leg options with your own API keys, and Interactive Brokers handles equities plus the at-the-money options chain — chain data needs OPRA or CME-options entitlement on your own IBKR account. Tastytrade connects for chains and quotes but has no order path.
Do I need to buy market data from Sharpnel?: No. The terminal is bring-your-own-data: you connect the broker or exchange account you already have, and that data agreement stays between you and them. Crypto depth is the exception — it comes from public exchange feeds and costs nothing.
Will it place orders by accident?: No. Trading is paper by default and live routing requires an explicit ARM, which resets every launch. OANDA additionally defaults to its practice environment.

One desk, whichever market you trade

The depth ladder, footprint, TPO and the dealer-gamma read draw on the same price axis whatever you connect. Full connection instructions, credential storage and the trading safety model are in the broker documentation.

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