How technology and automation can help to improve Execution Quality in FX
Introduction In order to understand how to improve the execution quality in the forex market, we need to understand the…
Market Micro-structure visualization (an open-source project)
If you have been following, you already know that I have always been focused on low-latency trading systems. Assuming that…
Python is 57x slower than C++ (and 45x worse for the planet)
Banks and other financial institutions like to make a big deal about their environmental efforts through their ESG teams, but that…
Case Study: Algorithmic Trading With Go
In this case study, we are excited to share an insider’s perspective and look under the hood of how a…
HFT: A New Race to Zero Latency is Starting?
The ability to execute trades at lightning-fast speeds has been the driving force behind the evolution of trading technology. Now,…
Startup: The Rise of a High-Frequency Trading Powerhouse
Startup: The Rise of a High-Frequency Trading Powerhouse This is a story of transformation, a journey of a South Florida-based…
High-frequency trading through artificial intelligence for financial innovation
Professor Chien-Feng Huang, at the National University of Kaohsiung in Taiwan delves into high-frequency trading across Artificial Intelligence In the…
How to build a Crypto Exchange in 2023
Cryptocurrency exchanges are digital platforms where individuals can buy, sell, or exchange one cryptocurrency for another or for fiat currencies…
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Case Study: Bond Trading System
(By Jonathan Simon). Original article published here. It is easy to distance yourself from a large collection of patterns or…
Detailed performance analysis of a simple low-latency trading system
The video titled “A detailed performance analysis of a simple low-latency trading system” presents an overview of a simple low-latency…
Trading System Performance Unleashed: A Comprehensive Guide for Finance Professionals
Are you looking to optimize your trading systems for high-frequency trading? Do you want to unlock the full potential of…
Rust Vs. C++: an Utmost Comparison of Performance, Speed and Safety
Rust vs. C++ is a fairly popular topic of discussion because they compete in the same realm of system-level development…
From Inside a Hedge Fund: Revelations From Insiders
Original post is by Mikhail Kirilin. click here. Hedge funds are the most off-limits financial institutions doing their best to…
Low Latency Trading Systems: A Comparative Study of Software-based vs FPGA-based Solutions
In the world of high-frequency trading, every millisecond counts. The competition to create the fastest and most efficient trading systems…
How Hedge Fund Operations Are Organized
This article was originally posted here. By Mikhail Kirilin Each hedge fund company is organized into three departments — the…
The technology needed for high frequency trading (HFT)
Low-latency networks and direct market access. Co-location services Advanced algorithms and machine learning techniques Data management. Advanced trading platforms and…
Building a quantitative trading team
Building a quantitative trading team can be a complex process, but it can be broken down into several steps: It’s…
Top Trading Firms and their Unique Programming Languages
Coders must be well acquainted with certain programming languages that top trading firms are using
Saudi Arabia: Algorithmic Trading On Tadawul: Permitted Or Not?
Curated content. You can find the original content here. By Ahmed Butt As algorithmic trading becomes the norm in many…
How can AI and ML drive hedge funds?
AI is increasingly being adopted by hedge funds to generate investment ideas, help with portfolio and investment decisions, for signal…
An Introduction to the Sequencer World
Original post by Aiden Pestell Hi tech savvies. My name is Aiden and I have spent the last 4 years…
Rethinking the low latency trade value proposition using AWS Local Zones
Low latency trading has strict latency service level agreements (SLAs), where a millisecond can make the difference between completing a…
High-frequency trading firms can easily get to 64% accuracy in predicting direction of the next trade, Princeton study finds
High-frequency trading firms can easily get to 64% accuracy in predicting direction of the next trade, Princeton study finds
How to Build a Quantitative HFT Forex-Shop
Introduction Building a Quant HFT on the forex market could be much more challenging than with other markets. Why? Because…
How do I design high-frequency trading systems and its architecture. Part III
This is the last part of 3 series of articles I’ve been writing. In this part, I’m going to explain…
How do I design high-frequency trading systems and its architecture. Part II
In the first part, I explained basic concepts of architecting a low latency trading system and some examples on how…
TOP 5 reasons why you need an FX aggregator?
An FX Aggregator, also known as the Foreign Exchange Aggregator, is a Forex trading software that combines (aggregates) all the…
Top 10 reasons why we see HFT firms fail
This top 10 reasons list is by no means "the fact", but is based on our own experience serving such…
We surveyed Hedge Funds worldwide, and this is how they increased profitability
Of 104 hedge funds surveyed, these are the actions and best practices they took to increase their profitability
Understanding Trading Latencies
Regardless of how fast a transaction occurs, there will always be some delay due to the number and types of…
How to design high-frequency trading systems and its architecture. Part I
In this article, I would like to talk about how to implement a low latency system, the modules needed and…
How much money would it cost to setup high-frequency trading?
It’s a very lucrative business but is hard to get started. Usually, startups try to start small and grow as…
Liquidity aggregation
It is very well known how fragmented the FX market is. There are hundreds of dealing banks, ECNs, non-banks, all…
Biography of an HFT startup
I strongly recommend reading carefully the story behind how this guy could build his own HFT firm. It’s a fascinating…
How do I design high-frequency trading systems and its architecture. Part I
In this article, I would like to talk about how to implement a low latency system, modules needed and its…
10 Things That Affect the Profitability of a Trading System
What factors affect the profitability of an automated trading system? Here is a list of the 10 things in no…
10 Things that Affect the Speed of a Trading System
What factors affect the speed of a trading system? Here is a list of the 10 things that affect the…
HFT’s trading returns revealed
Finally, like never before, I can do it. I have permission to share what 2 hours of a real high-performance…
How to build an HFT for forex market FX ($EURUSD $EUR $USD)
To build a solid FX high-frequency trading environment is an extremely challenging exercise. A HFT engine usually contains the following…
Toxic flow in forex market
Believe it or not, there are many banks and ECNs that haven’t catch up with the latest technology with trading…
How do I develop Trading Systems?
Often, trading model developers “spoil” the eventual results of their model by making errors early in the process. These errors…
Building a Trading System – General Considerations
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned is the important of separating the trading models–the mathematical or algorithmic logic that…