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Definitely does not run 85% of the algo trading industry. That would be, you guessed it, C++ (and fpgas). I actually don't know anyone in HFT who's ever used i
by smabie 3y ago
Definitely does not run 85% of the algo trading industry. That would be, you guessed it, C++ (and fpgas).
I actually don't know anyone in HFT who's ever used it.
Also it's only quite fast when processing vectorized data. If you're processing market data off the network packet by packet, it's going to be much much slower than C++.
- mianos 3y agoI do see it every now and then. We have a few kdb/q applications but on the whole, mostly C++ and C. Maybe a few percent and some of the larger, much older firms.
- Duanemclemore 3y agoThanks for the correction. I figured it might be too extreme to be true.