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High-Frequency Trading Insights

Deep dives into HFT mechanics, order book dynamics, backtesting methodology, and strategy development with real tick data.

Data Quality Backtesting April 2026 10 min read

OHLC Bars vs Last Trades vs Quotes — Very Different Results

Same strategy, same day, three data sources. The OHLC run returns +1.70%. The quotes run loses 2.13%. Here is exactly what changes at each step and what it means for your strategy.

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Engineering March 2026 6 min read

HFTS is Live — How We Built a Tick-Level HFT Simulator in Nim

From a Rust + Tokio prototype to a full Nim stack: discrete-event simulation engine, Python strategy API via nimpy, sandboxed execution with bubblewrap, and real WebSocket feed handlers.

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