Feasibility & latency audits
Baseline measurement of your current stack: signal-to-fill latency, tick path analysis, broker execution profile — with a written verdict on what's achievable where you are.
Trading Software Development
High-Frequency & Low-Latency Trading Bot Development
HFT is where marketing flows die fastest, so we lead with honesty: most retail 'HFT' projects are really fast scalping on MetaTrader, and that's fine — but it needs to be scoped as what it is. We start every low-latency engagement with a feasibility review that tells you what latency your strategy actually requires and whether your broker/platform can deliver it.
NDA by default You own the source code Fixed scope, fixed quote
Overview
What this service actually involves
When true low-latency is the requirement, the work shifts from MQL5 into C++/.NET, raw tick handling, order-book logic, and network placement. We build the measurement layer first — fill-latency instrumentation and tick-truth analysis — because you can't optimize what you can't see.
We will talk you out of architecture you don't need. A strategy that loses to spread is not rescued by colocation; a strategy that's genuinely latency-bound deserves the engineering.
Scope
What we build
Concrete deliverables, not a capability list. Every item below is scoped in writing before a fixed quote is issued.
Fast-scalping MT5 execution layers
Event-driven (OnTick-optimized) EAs, order-gate design, spread/latency-aware entry guards, and queue-position logic tuned for retail ECN conditions.
cTrader & .NET algo systems
C# cBots on cTrader's async event API — where genuinely sub-terminal latency is reachable in a supported retail stack.
Fill-latency instrumentation
Timestamped request/sent/accepted/filled tracking with per-order reports, so every optimization is measured rather than believed.
Infrastructure guidance
VPS selection near broker matching engines, connection tuning, and failover — with realistic cost/latency tradeoffs for your venue.
Example scopes
Recent example scopes
Anonymized project briefs in the shape real requests arrive — platform, fixed quote, and timeline agreed before work starts.
Latency audit before a rebuild
MT5 · fixed quote · 1 week
Client's scalper performed in tester, failed live. Instrumented the EA and VPS: median signal-to-fill was 180ms with broker-side re-quotes killing entries. Verdict: broker-side issue; moved execution to the broker's own London VPS region and cut fills to ~35ms — no strategy change needed.
Event-driven MT5 scalper
MT5 · fixed quote · 3 weeks
Tick-reactive entry with spread-banding, quote-age checks, and position reconciliation across reconnects. Delivered with a fill-latency report proving sub-60ms round trips on the target broker before go-live.
Order-book analysis toolkit
cTrader · fixed quote · 4 weeks
C# toolkit capturing depth-of-market snapshots to disk plus replay harness for research — the client's quant team prototypes book-based signals, we productionize the logging and replay.
See it work
What it prints to the terminal
A replay of one session's log — the gate decisions, the order build, retcodes, a requote, and a terminal reconnect that rebuilds state from the open ticket. The failure paths are the point.
Strategy tester — terminal log
- 09:14:02.118·OnTick — EURUSD M5, tick 1 of bar
- 09:14:02.118✓session=London spread=11pts limit=18pts PASS
- 09:14:02.119✓ATR(14)=0.00094 band=[0.0006, 0.0021] PASS
A replay of what the EA writes to the terminal — gate checks, sizing arithmetic, retcodes, and the failure paths. Fixed script, not a price feed or a simulated result.
Pricing guidance
Typical project ranges
How budgets map to scope on this service. Your exact fixed quote arrives in writing after a scoping conversation — the numbers below are directional ranges, not promises.
| Scope | Typical range (USD) | Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| Latency & feasibility audit | $300 – $800 | 3–7 working days |
| Fast-scalping EA / execution layer | $1,500 – $3,500 | 2–4 weeks |
| .NET / order-book systems & toolkits | $3,000 – $6,000+ | 4–8 weeks |
HFT-adjacent work starts with a paid feasibility audit ($300–$800) so both sides know whether the project makes sense. Builds typically run $1,500 to $6,000. We scope honestly and decline projects where the platform can't support the strategy's latency requirement.
FAQ
Questions traders ask before hiring
Related
Where this goes next
Trading Bot Development
Full bot systems when latency is important but not the bottleneck.
cTrader DeveloperThe C# async stack behind most achievable low-latency retail builds.
Strategy Optimization & BacktestingTick-truth backtesting before you commit to live capital.
How we workFixed quotes, milestones, and our talk-you-out-of-it policy.
Delivered by low-latency trading engineers. Read about how we work: fixed quotes, milestone demos, source-code ownership, and a 30-day bug-fix window.
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Book a 30-minute call and bring the strategy, the broken tool, or the rough idea. You leave with a written fixed quote — price, scope, delivery date — before any work starts.
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