Selecting a Database for an Algorithmic Trading System

One of the key components of nearly any software system is the database used to persist, retrieve, and analyze data. In this technical post, we talk about the specific characteristics that are important to us in the database serving…

Building a lightweight TCA tool from scratch: Proof Edition

We Should Stop Pretending that Tech Wants to Solve its Diversity Problem

We’ve all heard the typical pitch for why we need more diversity in the tech labor…

Does low latency matter on the sell-side?

Agency brokers are simply not fast enough end-to-end to compete with the leading proprietary trading firms for the best fills.

Hiring a remote employee in Canada

One of our goals at Proof is to be a remote friendly company. Here are the steps we took to bring on a team member based in Canada.

Fundraising and YC

Proof’s experience participating in YC and raising a seed round

Longer Equity Vesting for Founders

Four years may not always be an ideal length of time for founder stock to vest…

In establishing our new company, one of the first decisions we have to make is our founder equity structure…

Why are there rebate tiers? And other bedtime stories …

Market data pricing: part 1 of many

Everyone these days has an opinion about the price of US equities market data. Your broker thinks it’s too high. Your stock exchange thinks it’s fair and balanced. Your regulator thinks it’s unconvincingly justified. Your grandmother thinks it’s probably a scam.