Our Solutions
At HedgeQuarter, we are dedicated to staying at the cutting edge of trading systems by adopting innovative technologies and rethinking traditional approaches.
Quantick® Server
Provides low latency solutions for algoritmic trading and complex event processing engine.
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Quantick® Server is the revolutionary server-based algorithmic engine.
Quantick® Server is designed to facilitate the development of black box trading systems, automated strategies and smart orders.
Quantick® algo jobs are programmed in QuantickScript®, a powerful, rich and easy to use language.
With 100% server-side execution, Quantick® utilises the same cutting-edge and proven technologies employed in the HedgeQuarter® SpreadHunter® to maximise performance, scalability and integration.
SpreadHunter®
Deliver exceptional synthetic spread performance and capabilities.
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The HedgeQuarter® Spreadhunter® excels in spreading across various markets and assets.
Automatically managing inter-market spreads on behalf of the trader, the Spreadhunter takes care of leg orders and adjusts the spread accordingly.
It can implement complex trading strategies, executing spreads with up to dozens of legs, any of which may be active in the market.
This server-based solution is designed for deployment within exchange colocation facilities, utilizing the high-performance order routing engine of the HedgeQuarter architecture to react to market movements as quickly as possible.
Order execution engine that seamlessly pre-matches internal pools of liquidity before sending to exchange.​
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HedgeQuarter® Internalisation enables the internal matching of order flow within an organization rather than at an external execution venue.
This process, also known as Pre-Exchange Matching, offers several advantages, such as enhanced regulatory compliance, lower trading costs, and more trading opportunities.
It operates smoothly from a trader's perspective, causing no disruption to daily trading activities, no alterations in the order entry method, and no changes in position keeping.
Furthermore, HedgeQuarter® Internalisation is compatible with SpreadHunter®, Quantick® Server, and HedgeQuarter® Market-Maker order flow.
Internalisation Engine
HedgeQuarter® Market-Maker
Integrated market-making tool built upon HedgeQuarter´s algorithmic engine, Quantick®.
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With the advent of high-frequency trading (HFT), market making strategies have become more algorithmic.
HedgeQuarter®Market-Maker is a comprehensive market-making tool based on HedgeQuarter’s algorithmic engine, Quantick®.
It enables two-way order entry across various markets, delivering high-performance market-making capabilities.
This tool includes numerous features such as multiple hedging options, integrated limit checks, and tracking of exchange obligations.
Additionally, its deployment in HedgeQuarter’s numerous co-located hosting centers makes HedgeQuarter®Market-Maker an attractive option for traders aiming to meet strict exchange requirements while maintaining the speed and performance necessary to compete in rapidly changing markets.
We are proud of these numbers.
4.3mm+
in trade count
453bn+
in trade volume
5k+
firms since inception
About us
Consistency, Reliability and Excellence
For more than 15 years, we are a leading market maker in Foreign Exchange across G10 and emerging market currencies. We aim to deliver customizable liquidity with high execution quality and consistent pricing to clients globally.
Advanced technology enables us to offer unique solutions that meet our clients’ diverse needs.
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Our market making model allows for low market impacts for clients, while state-of-the-art risk management provides reliable liquidity. Our proven track record makes us a key counterparty, particularly in times of market volatility.
Our teams
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Markets & trading team - Talent Meets Technology
Traders oversee our risk management activities across various asset classes and markets.
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By integrating strategic risk management with sharp data analysis, they navigate constantly shifting market conditions to optimize the effectiveness of our strategies.
Traders play a crucial role in defining and executing our strategies, making intricate decisions in real-time.
While our traders possess exceptional quantitative skills, it is their strategic thinking that distinguishes them. Adaptable and composed under pressure, they excel at managing risk and implementing our strategies.
Risk Taking
Leveraging our advanced analytic toolkit, traders help price and absorb risk, providing liquidity to our clients.
Quantitative Analysis​​
Working closely with quantitative researchers and engineers, traders optimize our trading strategies and interactions with the market.
Automation
Traders collaborate with our engineering team to automate our processes. They help to streamline our workflows and better connect with clients and exchanges.
Quantitative Research Team - Turning Analysis Into Action
Quantitative analysts (quants) create and implement our automated strategies while providing valuable insights that guide our trading activities.
​Our quants observe patterns and form hypotheses, defining ideas with mathematical precision. When the data supports a hypothesis, we build out large-scale strategies to implement our ideas.
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Markets are complex, data-rich and fast-moving. Quants can quickly see how the markets validate or refute their thinking.
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​Quants build the sophisticated algorithms that drive our systematic trading. On semi-systematic trading teams, they supply critical research to our traders.
Alpha Research
Quants develop and refine models that form the foundation of our market understanding.
Utilizing proprietary research tools and extensive datasets, they identify market signals with potential predictive value.
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By constructing, testing, and refining hypotheses, quants produce models that are essential to our market-making operations.
Strategy Development
Quantitative analysts identify the most efficient methods to translate ideas into actionable strategies.
They model the effects of trading on market signals and examine the risks and opportunities presented by broader macroeconomic factors.
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By integrating market signals, market impact models, and risk factors, quants craft strategies specifically suited to the markets they study.
Engineering Team - Powering Critical Systems
Engineers spearhead innovation by creating and developing systems that allow us to operate on a large scale, ensuring efficiency, performance, and resilience.
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Our engineers develop integrated systems that support global trading, guaranteeing our constant market presence. With the firm as their main client, engineers can act swiftly and maintain control over their solutions.
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Engineering is central to our competitive edge, going beyond the pursuit of perfect code. Our engineers are commercially minded, identifying and undertaking projects that deliver significant business value.
Trading Systems
Engineers design distributed trading systems that must operate reliably and near-real time at scale.
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This includes systems interfacing with exchanges as well as risk management systems.
Research & Data
Advanced analytics and simulation are crucial to our business.
Engineers address challenges related to scope, efficiency, and scale, allowing us to conduct simulations on tens of thousands of compute cores.
Core Platforms
Our platforms, ranging from high-speed messaging systems to advanced web user interfaces, empower our business-aligned teams to reach unprecedented development speeds.
Site Reliability
Managing a global, diverse production trading environment requires significant attention to orchestration and monitoring.
Our engineering teams deliver this essential focus.