When custom development is appropriate

01

Non-standard asset classes

Structured products, exotic options, illiquid instruments, OTC markets — categories where standard platforms lack the necessary abstractions.

02

Workflow-dependent strategies

Trading workflows that constitute a competitive advantage and cannot be expressed within a generic platform.

03

Jurisdictional specificity

Local market structure, regulatory reporting, or compliance requirements that exceed standard platform capabilities.

04

New markets or products

New asset classes or trading models for which no existing platform has been designed.

Typical scope

  • Discovery and architectural design, documented as an engineering specification.
  • Order management and execution routing.
  • Real-time market-data ingestion, normalisation, and distribution.
  • Position keeping, P&L, margin, and risk calculation.
  • Client-facing applications — web, mobile, or desktop.
  • Operational tooling, observability, and incident response.

Engagement approach

Each custom engagement is staffed with a senior engineer who retains responsibility for production operation of the system after launch.

Delivery is structured around tight feedback loops with the client's trading and operations teams. End-to-end trade-flow validation precedes scaling.

Documentation — runbooks, dashboards, and on-call procedures — is produced for the team that will operate the system in steady state.

Scoping enquiry.

Submit a written specification, however brief. We will respond with scope, timeline, and an assessment of fit.

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