High frequency trading

High-frequency trading (HFT) has recently drawn massive public attention fuelled by the U.S. May 6, 2010 flash crash and the tremendous increases in trading volumes. Indisputably, HFT is an important factor in markets that are driven by sophisticated technology on all layers of the trading value chain.

HFT is a technical means to implement established trading strategies that applies the latest technological advances in market access, market data access and order routing to maximize the returns of established trading strategies.
HFT is a natural evolution of the securities markets instead of a completely new phenomenon. There is a clear evolutionary process in the adoption of new technologies triggered by competition, innovation and regulation.

STORDIS & the High-frequency trading (HFT) market

STORDIS has a long standing presence on the High-frequency trading market, through its exclusive partnership with two of the pioneers of the 10Gb Ethernet technology.

Not only is Ethernet the de facto standard for general connectivity, but it is rapidly becoming the network of choice in high performance environments.

Myricom:

Since its founding in 1994, Myricom has been at the forefront of high performance networking. Today Myri-10G Extreme Performance Ethernet network adapters remain at the leading edge, with low latency and low CPU overhead for environments with extreme performance requirements.

Myricom DBL™ for Linux and Windows™ (1.6Mb, PDF) provides cutting edge performance with rapid time to deployment using industry-standard Ethernet technology.

In today’s winner-take-all world of financial trading, latency differences of even a few microseconds can have serious financial repercussions. Running Myricom DBL™ on Myri-10G extreme performance network adapters provides unmatched acceleration for 10-Gigabit Ethernet environments, with benchmarked application-to-application latency of under 3.5 microseconds for UDP and approaching 4 microseconds for TCP.

> Find Myricom products in our catalog

Fujitsu:

Fujitsu's 10 Gb switches have been targeted at high-performance computing and storage where low latency is a critical need.

The Fujitsu XG-series of switches offer high-performance and high-speed Layer 2 switching, featuring ultra-low latency, flexible interfaces and compact form factors.

Their combined solution of their new 1Gb/10Gb uplink switches with the existing XG-Series 10GbE family allows customers to deploy an homogeneous networking solution.

> Find Fujitsu products in our catalog