HFT University

Benchmark. Compete. Prove.
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About HFT University

Benchmark. Compete. Prove.

HFT University is where engineers prove how fast their code really is. We run certified benchmarks on bare metal with isolated CPU cores — no simulations, no self-reported scores, no guesswork. You write the code, we measure it in CPU cycles.

What We Offer

C++ Latency Challenges

Real problems from production trading systems: order books, FIX protocol parsing, lock-free queues, seqlocks, feed arbitration, implied pricing. Every challenge was designed by engineers who built these systems for a living.

Quantitative Finance Challenges

Implied volatility solvers, Monte Carlo pricers, and more coming. The same computations that run millions of times per day on every options desk in the world.

Verified Badges

Earn Bronze, Silver, and Gold badges for your benchmark scores. Open Badges 2.0 compatible — add them to your LinkedIn profile with one click. Publicly verifiable while your subscription is active.

Rankings

Cross-challenge point system that rewards depth over breadth. Gold in a hard challenge outscores Bronze in five easy ones.

Teams

Corporate teams compete under a single brand. Individual scores are aggregated — your engineers stay anonymous while your company appears on the leaderboard.

Community Forum

Discuss strategies, share insights, and connect with other engineers working on the same problems. Public forums for general discussion, subscriber forums for challenge-specific talk.

Expert CV Review

Your CV reviewed with AI prompts tailored for HFT and prop trading hiring criteria, with personal expert annotations and your verified challenge scores attached.

Articles & Newsletter

Over 100 published articles covering low-latency systems, C++ optimization, market microstructure, FPGA acceleration, and quantitative finance. The newsletter reaches 7,000+ subscribers across 115 countries. Articles are available to subscribers on the platform.

The Benchmark Infrastructure

Every submission runs in a sandboxed container on dedicated bare-metal hardware. Isolated CPU cores with no shared tenancy — you have full exclusive access to L1/L2/L3 cache during your benchmark run. Measurements use CPUID+RDTSC following Intel's white paper on cycle-accurate timing. The same code, the same hardware, the same conditions for everyone.

Who Built This

HFT University was built by engineers who spent decades building trading systems at top firms. Every challenge comes from a real production problem. The benchmark infrastructure reflects what we learned about measurement accuracy the hard way — in production, where a bad measurement costs real money.

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Educational Disclaimer: HFT University is not an accredited educational institution. The term "university" is used in its informal sense as a comprehensive source of knowledge and learning about high-frequency trading and performance engineering. We do not grant degrees, certificates, or academic credits. Read full disclaimer