It might seem counterintuitive for a trading firm with a heavy emphasis on automation to spend resources on user interfaces; however, UX/UI can have a large impact on even fully automated trading. While we try to automate as much as we can, UX/UI is critical in the...
Welcome to the second part of our series on improving latency through the use of huge pages! While the first installment was focused on potential hardware benefits, this post will hone in on the practicality of using huge pages to run software – and the most important...
Latency is often a crucial factor in algorithmic trading. At HRT, a lot of effort goes into minimizing the latency of our trading stack. Low latency optimizations can be arcane, but fortunately there are a lot of very good guides and documents to get started. One...
Summer is intern season at HRT; within a few short months, our interns are truly woven into the fabric of HRT's culture, adding vibrancy and enthusiasm to our offices around the globe. Working in close collaboration with a supportive network of mentors, teams, and...
As a California native and aspiring software developer, Jenna MacCarley always thought she’d work in Silicon Valley—but meeting with an HRT campus recruiter at a career fair convinced her a job in New York just might be the right move. “I was impressed with the...
Strategy development at HRT is a complex process, and in some cases involves exploring massive data sets to find interesting patterns and generate ideas.
HRTers process real-time price and volume data for over a million symbols across global markets every day. If we want humans to have a chance of keeping up, we need that data efficiently represented in a tabular format!
Hudson River Trading brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. We have built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development. Our researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.
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