Videos & Conference Talks

Presentations on latency, HFT, and market microstructure.


Academic Talks

Eric Budish: The High-Frequency Trading Arms Race

Chicago Booth, 2015

The paper that changed how economists think about latency competition. Explains why speed races are wasteful and proposes frequent batch auctions.

Key insight: Competition for queue priority creates negative-sum game


Maureen O’Hara: Market Microstructure in Practice

Various conferences

Overview of how market structure affects price discovery and liquidity.


Industry Conferences

Trading Show Chicago

Annual conference with talks on trading infrastructure and latency.

QuantMinds

Quantitative finance conference including market microstructure sessions.


Technical Deep Dives

Building Low-Latency Systems

Various talks on system design, kernel bypass, FPGA trading, etc.


Crypto/DeFi

Flashbots: MEV and Latency in DeFi

Research on maximal extractable value and transaction ordering.

Paradigm Research: Market Microstructure in DeFi

Applying traditional market structure concepts to crypto.


To Add:

  • CME Group technology presentations
  • Nasdaq market tech talks
  • Conference presentations from major quant conferences
  • University lecture series on market microstructure

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