Why You Need FPGA In Your High-Frequency Trading Business

The Need for Speed
In high-frequency trading, money is made and lost in milliseconds
Speed is the edge and the fastest players make all the profits
If your HF trading is not powered by the top-of-the-line hardware, you WILL lose money to those whose is
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The Inadequacy of Computers
Computer hardware is designed to perform a myriad of different tasks and is not optimized for the particularities involved in trading
Computers are burdened with operating systems and protocols that limit how fast they can run your trading algorithms


The Operating System Burden
When you implement your trading strategies in software, the Operating System (OS) slows you down
The OS uses "time-slicing" to share the processor's time between your trading software and other applications such as anti-virus

The Protocol Stack Burden
When you implement your trading strategies in software, your interface to the market is buffered by multiple protocol layers
Protocol layers result in a delay between the time the price data arrives and when we can actually use it, and also between the time we create an order and the time it is actually sent

Solution: Specialized Hardware
Gain edge over your competitors with specialized hardware
Don't share processing time with other applications and speed up your algorithms
Operate on lower protocol layers and eliminate the stack delays

But IC Development is Expensive!
That's where FPGA comes in!
FPGA stands for Field Programmable Gate Array and it allows us to design and implement custom high-performance logic without the cost of IC manufacture

The FPGA Solution
Develop hardware that is optimized for executing your trading strategies
Bypass the OS and protocol stack to get in before your competitors
Use hardware to process the FIX protocol for a lightning fast connection to the market

Want to know more?
Contact me for more information on:
Benefits of hardware vs software
FPGA pricing
Engineering costs
Tool costs
If you are interested in implementing an FPGA based trading platform, ask me for a project estimation

My Contact Details
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FPGA Design Services:
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Why You Need FPGA In Your High-Frequency Trading Business

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