EXPERTDistributed Systems

Design a Stock Trading System

Design a high-frequency stock trading platform handling order matching, real-time price updates, and trade execution with microsecond latency.

Estimated Time: 45 minutes
#Low Latency#Order Matching#FIFO Queue#Financial
Solution Overview

Implement order matching engine with price-time priority. Use memory-mapped files and lock-free data structures for ultra-low latency.

Hints to Get Started
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Price-time priority for order matching

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How to handle market orders vs limit orders?

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Circuit breakers for extreme volatility

Components
  • Order Gateway
  • Matching Engine
  • Risk Management
  • Market Data Feed
  • Settlement System
Latency Optimizations
  • Kernel bypass
  • FPGA acceleration
  • Co-location
  • Memory-mapped I/O