How do modern financial trading servers work?

Daniel Jung
Nov 5 · 3 min read

The vast majority (99%+, 70%+ of trading volume in algorithmic trading alone) of financial trading taking place today happens via computers. The Wall St stock exchange and similar buildings are now all but museums and ceremonial venues. In this new environment, companies are willing to do anything to gain a competitive edge and that often involves computing and data processing solutions.

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