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Real-Time Trading Infrastructure:
What Actually Goes Wrong at Scale

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.

Daniel Pardhe·Managing Partner, DP5·
60%eToroinfra cost reduction (approx.)
<1msActivTradesend-to-end latency (excluding network)
2Madessoupdates/sec at peak
✓Morgan Stanleyproduction deployment
All Parts
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.
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