Purpose-built trading systems for prop desks and brokers: scalable, reliable and genuinely low-latency.
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Low-latency gateways & routing. Golang/C++ gateways, smart order routing, optional co-location and direct market access.
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Market-data platform. Multi-venue feeds, normalisation, tick store and replay; real-time analytics (VWAP, imbalance, auctions).
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OEMS for professionals. Advanced order types, bulk operations, pre-/post-trade risk, throttling and kill-switches.
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Multi-asset coverage. Equities, futures, options, FX and crypto via FIX and proprietary protocols.
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Observability built-in. ELK, Prometheus and Grafana; synthetic monitoring, alerting and actionable runbooks.
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HA/DR by design. Active-active clusters, replication, RTO/RPO architecture and regular failover testing.
What we deliver
Our systems are individually engineered trading stacks that combine ultra-fast connectivity, robust market-data infrastructure, institutional-grade OEMS and end-to-end operations tooling. We tailor architecture, latency budgets and reliability targets to your venue mix, brokerage stack and regulatory footprint — reusing proven modules to reduce delivery time and implementation risk.
Deployments can be co-located, on-prem or hybrid-cloud, and always integrate with your existing risk, back-office and compliance tooling.
Performance, Data, and Reliability
Latency Budget
(p50 / p99)
We define a clear latency budget across the whole path — on the wire, through the gateway, routing/SOR and into each venue — and instrument it so you see real p50 and p99 behaviour. This lets you tune where it actually matters instead of guessing from single point metrics.
Market-Data
Footprint
We size and tune real-time feeds and historical storage/replay to your symbol universe, depth requirements and analytics. That includes VWAP, imbalance, auctions and your own signals, backed by tick-level storage and time-series databases where needed.
Observability & Reliability
Coverage
Coverage targets are aligned with venue SLAs and business risk. Alerting, dashboards, on-call runbooks and regular DR drills keep the stack predictable in production and audit-ready for both clients and regulators.
Core capabilities
Low‑latency connectivity & routing
FIX/proprietary protocols, optional co‑location/DMA, SOR with throttling, kill‑switches, and venue fallbacks.
Market‑data platform
Multi‑source ingestion, normalization, distribution; tick stores and historical TSDB; real‑time analytics (VWAP, imbalance, auctions).
OEMS for professionals
Advanced order types, bulk ops; pre‑/post‑trade risk; account hierarchies and allocations across assets.
Observability & SRE
ELK, Prometheus, Grafana; synthetic monitoring, alerting, and on‑call runbooks.
HA/DR by design
Active‑active clusters, replication, failover drills; RTO/RPO planning and validation.
Why FIVEFINS:
For Prop Desks
- Latency first, by design. Native/FIX gateways in C++/Rust, co‑location/DMA, wire‑to‑wire optimization.
- Execution edge. Venue‑aware SOR, throttling/kill‑switches, drop‑copy ingestion, fast cancel/replace.
- Market‑data muscle. Multi‑feed handlers, normalization, tick store & replay; real‑time analytics.
- Trader workflow APIs. Strategy/automation hooks (Python/C++), plug‑in adapters.
- Operational clarity. End‑to‑end observability, latency histograms, synthetic probes, DR drills.
- Proven delivery. Production systems under tight SLAs and external audits.
For Brokers
- Multi‑prime connectivity. Route across prime brokers; client FIX/REST APIs; best‑execution policy enforcement.
- Business controls that scale. Account hierarchies, pre‑/post‑trade risk, maker‑checker, flexible fees/commissions.
- STP across FO/MO/BO. Allocations & confirmations, pre‑settlement controls, reconciliations, settlement & treasury flows.
- Client experience. OEMS + Client Portal, statements and self‑service reporting, role‑based access (SSO/SAML/OIDC).
- Operate under scrutiny. Audit‑grade logging, evidence packs, change control and runbooks.
- Scale & resilience. HA with seamless failover and reference capacity tiers.
Shared advantages (for every solution)
Engagement model
1) Foundations & Fit (2–4 weeks)
Objectives & scope; current‑state scan; deployment constraints; outputs: brief, prioritized requirements, latency budget & sizing, options.
2) Architecture Sprint (4–6 weeks)
System design; non‑functionals (latency SLOs, HA/DR, security, observability); test strategy; outputs: architecture & roadmap.
3) Build & Integrate
Connectivity & routing; market data; OEMS; operations & observability; outputs: integrated stack in staging, performance baselines, runbooks.
4) Certify, Tune & Launch
Certifications & tuning; readiness review; outputs: production release, handover & training, audit pack, post‑launch plan.