Low-latency architecture
Refactored pricing and order routing services with event-driven patterns, co-located caching, and hardware-aware optimizations.
Case Study
ZeroSpread — Regulated trading at millisecond speed
ZeroSpread engaged Azul Computing to modernize its multi-asset trading platform—achieving millisecond latency, automated resiliency, and compliance-ready operations across global markets.
8 ms
median order latency
99.99%
platform availability
45 days
to regulatory readiness
Customer snapshot
Global broker expanding into new markets
ZeroSpread delivers multi-asset trading infrastructure to institutions and advanced retail traders. Rapid growth into regulated regions demanded resilient, observable, and auditable technology foundations.
- Legacy matching engine and market data services constrained latency and capacity.
- Manual failover and runbooks created operational drag during volatility.
- Regulators required clear control ownership, evidence, and incident processes.
- New product launches needed faster delivery without risking uptime.
Initiatives
Trading performance, resilience, and compliance in sync
Resilience automation
Multi-region active/standby deployments, automated incident drills, and synthetic order flows kept service levels predictable.
Regulatory operations
Evidence pipelines, access governance, and change controls mapped directly to MiFID II and SOC 2 requirements.
Latency engineering
Milliseconds that protect trading edge
- Introduced gRPC and binary serialization between matching engine components to remove JSON overhead.
- Tuned autoscaling with predictive signals from market volatility indices.
- Embedded real-time latency telemetry in trader and executive dashboards.
- Established controlled release windows with automated canary verification.
Competitive execution
Median order latency dropped to 8 ms while throughput capacity tripled, defending spreads during volatile sessions.
Governance & compliance
Controls that run at trading speed
- Automated evidence from CI/CD, identity, and logging systems fed regulator-ready reports.
- Incident response playbooks rehearsed quarterly with trading, risk, and engineering teams.
- Real-time surveillance hooks ensured trade and communications monitoring met policy.
- Access recertification and segregation-of-duties built into onboarding workflows.
Audit-ready in 45 days
External assessors validated MiFID II and SOC 2 control coverage with zero major findings.
Results
Performance, trust, and delivery momentum
Business outcomes
- Institutional onboarding accelerated with transparent SLOs and control evidence.
- New market entries launched on schedule with reusable infrastructure modules.
- Revenue per customer grew as traders adopted new asset classes with confidence.
Team enablement
- Joint trading, risk, and engineering councils aligned on shared telemetry.
- Platform squads adopted runbooks, playbooks, and automation as standard practice.
- Continuous improvement loop tied retro insights to roadmap prioritization.
Trading infrastructure
Engineer low-latency platforms with confidence
Partner with Azul Computing to blend trading performance, resilience, and compliance from day one.