How the First Low-Latency Trading Market Was Designed: Architecture Lessons from Island ECN
Background: Stock Trading in the 1990s In the mid-1990s, U.S. stock trading was dominated by human intermediaries and fragmented systems.…
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Accelerating Global Derivatives Trading
Case of Study of a Chicago Firm’s Journey to Low-Latency Success with Expert Guidance Introduction A leading Chicago-based quantitative proprietary…
Order Book Imbalance Trading: Research-Backed Strategies and Practical Tools for Profitable Execution
Introduction Traders are always on the lookout for the slightest edge that can turn a profit. One crucial aspect that…
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…
Electronic Trading and Order Matching System Basics
Source: Electronic Trading and Order Matching System Basics Electronic trading and order-matching systems are systems that facilitate the buying and…
Live Algo Trading Challenges: Why Brokerages Fail Algorithmic Traders and How to Fix It
This is a curated post, and the original post is here: Brokerages Suck: Navigating the Challenges of Live Algo Trading…
Do You Know What Your Algo is Doing at any given moment?
Algorithmic trading, often referred to as algo trading, involves using computer programs to follow a defined set of instructions for…
Discussion and Implementation of Modern Portfolio Theory
What is modern portfolio theory? Risk is one of the most fundamental traits that is associated with every single decision…
The top 17 trading metrics (and why you should care)
Let’s face it, most traders struggle to make money. Sure, they might have a nice winner once in a while,…
Challenges in developing trading strategies in quantitative finance
As we navigate the fast-paced world of quantitative finance, we often find ourselves balancing on a tightrope, juggling complex mathematical…
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,…
Leveraging AI in Electronic Trading: A Game Changer for Investment Banks
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been a buzzword in the technology industry for several years now, but its implications extend far…
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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…
Decoding the Quant Market
A Guide to Machine Learning in Trading This book has been created by ChatGPT-4 and promoted and published by Gautier…
Trading at light speed: designing low latency systems in C++ – David Gross – Meeting C++ 2022
[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Making a trading system “fast” cannot be an afterthought. While low latency programming is sometimes seen under the…
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…
Introduction to Markov models and Markov Chains
This article was originally posted by Nagesh Singh Chauhan and you can read it here. The article contains a brief…