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QUANT TRADING

A trading platform where latency is the product

Custom algorithms, real-time market analysis and risk controls — on a system where every microsecond on the tick-to-trade path is a competitive cost.

Industry Quant trading Services Cloud · Systems Duration 10 months Client QuantEdge
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HERO MOCKUP — TRADING CONSOLEReplace with a straight-on shot of the trading console on a navy field.
QUANTEDGE — PROJECT THUMBNAIL Drop a wide product image or screenshot here (real UI, navy field, soft shadow).
[TO CONFIRM]
TICK-TO-TRADE
(MEASURED PATH)
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MESSAGES
PER SECOND
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STRATEGIES
SUPPORTED
10 mo
BUILD
DURATION
THE CHALLENGE

Microseconds are the margin

QuantEdge needed custom strategies, real-time market analysis and hard risk controls in one system — where the difference between a good fill and a missed one is measured in microseconds on the tick-to-trade path.

THE CONSTRAINT

Speed could not come at the cost of safety. A fast system that lets a bad order through is a liability, not an edge — risk had to live inside the hot path, not after it.

CONTEXT — LATENCY PROFILEReplace with a real latency histogram or console screen.
WHAT WE DID

What we did

Three decisions shaped the build. Each one is a bet we can explain.

01

Rust on the hot path

The latency-critical route in Rust for predictable, low-overhead performance; orchestration and tooling in Go where developer speed matters more than nanoseconds.

DIAGRAM — HOT PATHRust core, Go orchestration.
02

Risk in-line, not after

Pre-trade risk checks sit inside the order path, so a bad order is stopped before it leaves — safety as part of the route, not a report read later.

SCREEN — RISK CONTROLSPre-trade limits + kill switch.
03

Measured, not asserted

The tick-to-trade path is instrumented end to end, and we state exactly what the number includes. No specialist-grade claim without the measured path behind it.

SCREEN — LATENCY DASHBOARDInstrumented tick-to-trade.
DELIVERY

How we delivered it

A small, named squad and a two-week rhythm — the same people, a demo you attend, and no surprises at launch.

THE SQUAD
Systems engineer / lead[TO CONFIRM]
Low-latency engineer (Rust)[TO CONFIRM]
Platform engineer (Go)[TO CONFIRM]
DevOps / infrastructure[TO CONFIRM]

SAME ENGINEERS THROUGHOUT · PR REVIEWED BEFORE MERGE · A DEMO EVERY SECOND FRIDAY

TEAM AT WORK — REAL PHOTOWorking-screens or plain-navy-backdrop shot.
THE TIMELINE
WEEK 0Scope & architectureHot-path design, risk model and the measurement plan agreed.
SPRINT 1–5Core engineRust order path with in-line pre-trade risk checks.
SPRINT 6–14Strategies & analysisCustom algorithms and real-time market analysis in Go.
SPRINT 15–18Measure & hardenEnd-to-end instrumentation; capacity-tested at peak rates.
LAUNCHLive & auditedShipped with a full audit trail on every order.
SECURITY & SCALE

Security & scale

The section enterprise buyers read first.

LEAST PRIVILEGE

Scoped market access

Connectivity to markets runs on least-privilege credentials, tightly scoped to what each component needs.

AUDITED

Every order, on the record

A full audit trail on every order — what was sent, when, and by which strategy.

CAPACITY-TESTED

Proven at peak rates

Capacity-tested against historical peak message rates before it touched a live venue.

THE STACK

The stack, and why

RustGokdb+LinuxKubernetes

Rust where every nanosecond counts, Go where developer velocity wins, and kdb+ for time-series at scale. The right language for each job, not one language everywhere.

ARCHITECTURE DIAGRAMMarket data → strategy → risk → order out. Square nodes, hairline leaders.
IN THEIR WORDS
[TO CONFIRM — a verified quote from QuantEdge about latency, reliability or risk, in plain words.]
— [TO CONFIRM name], [TO CONFIRM role], QuantEdge
STATE EXACTLY WHAT THE MEASURED TICK-TO-TRADE PATH INCLUDES BEFORE PUBLISHING ANY FIGURE (AUDIT §5).
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