Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The high frequency trading industry is a highly competitive field that relies on secrecy to maintain relative advantages. These companies also have unique technology requirements that make it difficult to recruit capable engineers from outside the industry. During this presentation I’ll describe three business requirements of trading, and how they impact network design and operation:
1) Distributing market data – What is it, where is it, and how to transport it efficiently using IP Multicast
2) The need for speed – Why latency is important and how to optimize it using wired and wireless connections
3) Precise timing – Why accurately timestamped packet captures are the lifeblood of the industry
Jeremy Filliben: Jeremy has been involved in computer networking since 1997. He achieved the CCIE certification in 1998 (#3851), and the CCDE certification in 2009 (#20090003). He developed exam materials for two large networking vendors. Since 2021 he has worked for Jump Trading, a high-frequency trading firm based in Chicago.
The high frequency trading industry is a highly competitive field that relies on secrecy to maintain relative advantages. These companies also have unique technology requirements that make it difficult to recruit capable engineers from outside the industry. During this presentation I’ll describe three business requirements of trading, and how they impact network design and operation:
1) Distributing market data – What is it, where is it, and how to transport it efficiently using IP Multicast
2) The need for speed – Why latency is important and how to optimize it using wired and wireless connections
3) Precise timing – Why accurately timestamped packet captures are the lifeblood of the industry
Jeremy Filliben: Jeremy has been involved in computer networking since 1997. He achieved the CCIE certification in 1998 (#3851), and the CCDE certification in 2009 (#20090003). He developed exam materials for two large networking vendors. Since 2021 he has worked for Jump Trading, a high-frequency trading firm based in Chicago.
