Developing High Frequency Trading Systems: Learn how to implement high-frequency trading from scratch with C++ or Java basics

Use your programming skills to create and optimize high-frequency trading systems in no time with Java, C++, and Python
Key Features

Learn how to build high-frequency trading systems with ultra-low latency
Understand the critical components of a trading system
Optimize your systems with high-level programming techniques

Book Description

The world of trading markets is complex, but it can be made easier with technology. Sure, you know how to code, but where do you start? What programming language do you use? How do you solve the problem of latency? The Developing High-Frequency Trading Systems book answers all these questions.

This practical guide will help you navigate the fast-paced world of algorithmic trading and show you how to build a high-frequency trading system from complex technological components, supported by accurate data.

Starting off with an introduction to high-frequency trading, exchanges, and the critical components of a trading system, the book quickly moves on to the nitty-gritty of optimizing hardware and your operating system for low-latency trading, such as bypassing the kernel, memory allocation, and the danger of context switching. Monitoring your system’s performance is vital, so you’ll also get up to speed with logging and statistics.

As you move beyond the traditional high-frequency trading programming languages, such as C++ and Java, you’ll learn how to use Python to achieve high levels of performance. And what book on trading would be complete without diving into cryptocurrency?

By the end of this book, you’ll be ready to take on the markets with high-frequency trading systems.
What you will learn

Understand the architecture of high-frequency trading systems
Boost system performance to achieve the lowest possible latency
Leverage the power of Python, C++, and Java to build your trading systems
Bypass your kernel and optimize your operating system
Use static analysis to improve code development
Use C++ templates and Java multithreading for super-low latency
Apply your knowledge to cryptocurrency trading

Who This Book Is For

This book is for software engineers, quantitative developers or researchers, and DevOps engineers who want to understand the technical side of high-frequency trading systems and the optimizations that are needed to get to ultra-low latency systems. Prior experience working with C++ and Java will help you grasp the topics covered in this book.
Table of Contents

Fundamentals of a High-Frequency Trading System
The Critical Components of a Trading System
Understanding the Exchange Dynamics
Technology from the Hardware to the OS
Networking in Motion
HFT optimization - Kernel and Operating System
HFT optimization - Logging, Performance and Networking
Advanced C++ for Ultra-Low HFT
Java and JVM for Low Latency Systems
Python - Interpreted but Open to High Performance
High frequency FPGA and crypto