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.



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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