About a-team Marketing Services
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry
The knowledge platform for the financial technology industry

A-Team Insight Blogs

WH Trading Uses QuantHouse for Low-Latency Global Market Access

Subscribe to our newsletter

WH Trading, a tech-savvy global proprietary trading firm, is using QuantHouse solutions QuantLINK and QuantFEED to support low-latency global market access.

The Chicago based firm, which trades futures and options markets across US, Europe and Asia, is using QuantLINK, QuantHouse’s ultra-low latency 40G network, to enable market access and delivery of market data at low latency speeds. The connectivity performance of the QuantLINK network is continually improved to ensure the latest and fastest routes are available with new exchanges and alternative trading venues being constantly added. QuantFEED handles upgrades and updates to ensure optimum connectivity routing to required markets at the lowest possible latency.

Mike Madigan, chief technology officer at WH Trading, says: “We look to deploy only technology excellence and believe trading performance can be mapped to the quality of trading infrastructure in place. We use QuantHouse raw exchange connectivity at a number of global exchange venues.”

Salloum Abousaleh, managing director Americas at QuantHouse, comments: “WH Trading is one of the largest market makers trading on global markets. It also leads the field in terms of using the latest and most advanced technology, whether built in-house or outsourced to third parties. We are seeing increasing demand for quantitative trading tools, not only from innovative proprietary trading firms, but also from alternative investments, hedge funds and asset managers.”

Subscribe to our newsletter

Related content

WEBINAR

Recorded Webinar: The Role of Data Fabric and Data Mesh in Modern Trading Infrastructures

The demands on trading infrastructure are intensifying. Increasing data volumes, the necessity for real-time processing, and stringent regulatory requirements are exposing the limitations of legacy data architectures. In response, firms are re-evaluating their data strategies to improve agility, scalability, and governance. Two architectural models central to this conversation are Data Fabric and Data Mesh. This...

BLOG

smartTrade’s kACE Acquisition Signals the Next Phase of FX Derivatives Automation

smartTrade’s agreement to acquire kACE Financial from BGC Group underscores a decisive shift in institutional FX trading technology, as the market moves beyond connectivity-led platforms toward deeper pricing intelligence, derivatives automation, and converged front-office workflows. Under the terms of the transaction, kACE is valued at up to $119 million, comprising an initial $80 million payment...

EVENT

TradingTech Summit London

Now in its 15th year the TradingTech Summit London brings together the European trading technology capital markets industry and examines the latest changes and innovations in trading technology and explores how technology is being deployed to create an edge in sell side and buy side capital markets financial institutions.

GUIDE

Fatca – Getting to Grips with the Challenge Ahead

The industry breathed a sigh of relief when the deadline for reporting under the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) was pushed back to July 1, 2014. But what’s starting to look like perhaps the most significant regulation of the next 12 months may start to impact our marketplace sooner than we think, especially...