Most trading platforms work fine - until they don't. This series goes inside the architectural decisions that separate the platforms that hold under pressure from the ones that fold at 2AM during a volatility spike.
60%eToroinfra cost reduction (approx.)
<1msActivTradesend-to-end latency (excl. network)
2Madessoupdates/sec at peak
✓Morgan Stanleyproduction deployment
Part 01Infrastructure
It's 2AM. The Platform Is Down. The Market Doesn't Care.
Most trading platforms are one volatility spike away from a streaming failure they never saw coming. Three fault lines that take down platforms - and what firms like eToro and adesso do differently.
12 min read · Apr 7, 2026Read article →
Part 02Architecture
How Tier-1 Firms Architect Real-Time Data Layers
adesso handles 2 million price updates per second. eToro processes trades in under 1 millisecond. What does the actual architecture look like - and could you replicate it?
11 min read · Apr 21, 2026Read article →
Part 03Decision FrameworkMay 1, 2026
Build vs. Buy: The Framework Your Engineering Team Needs
A practical scoring matrix for CTOs evaluating streaming infrastructure. Three scenarios, trade-offs, and the one question that cuts through the noise.
Publishing May 1, 2026Coming soon
