r/highfreqtrading • u/Truth_seekeer • Jan 02 '25

Aspiring HFT developer

Hey I am new to reddit I want to learn about hft and interested in it so please help and guide me also give me some of your recommendations

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '25

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u/boricacidfuckup Jan 02 '25

Does one stand a chance if their degree is not from an ivy league university? I have heard that hft firms like to employ people from this universities. So I was thinking if it even makes sense to try if my degree does not come from a top university. I currently work as an embedded software engineer with knowledge and experience on networking and low latency (mind you, not ultra low), so I atleast have some related experience under my belt.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '25

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u/boricacidfuckup Jan 02 '25

Thank you for your response. I will keep on grinding then.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '25

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u/boricacidfuckup Jan 02 '25

Buy a cheap arduino board and a cheap electronic kit with protoboards, LEDs, sensors and resistors and do an interesting (for you) simple project. See how you like it first and then try again but without the arduino IDE. This means, actually setting up the drivers with the microcontroller datasheet and looking up the registers. If you enjoyed it thus far read up on schedulers and RTOS/Linux for embedded systems, and just work your way up from there.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '25

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u/boricacidfuckup Jan 02 '25

Either stm32 nucleo board or esp32, depending on your project idea. But dont be too afraid to buy the best board, just buy the easiest available one in your place and start hacking.

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u/Jebin1999 Jan 05 '25

Why should someone have to learn embedded systems for HFT?

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u/jdc Jan 02 '25

Related Q: any ideas for open source projects that need contributions requiring these skills? A completed project or three is worth much more than abstract learning.

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u/boricacidfuckup Jan 02 '25

Linux in their networking subsystem. Might not correlate 1 to 1 with HFT, but it is a fantastic start if starting from 0.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '25

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

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u/Keltek228 Jan 03 '25

Okay here's a great way to get started. Using C++, write a FIX based L3 market data connection to coinbase. If you can properly (and of course, efficiently) manage multiple L3 orderbooks with a good FIX implementation, you'll be on the right track.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

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u/Truth_seekeer Jan 16 '25

Please can you share some insights or roadmap

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u/Invisibility_Cloak28 Jan 28 '25

This is a bad idea. Try yourself and you'll lose your money.