Why Hydra is the technology of choice for your custom trading platform
Trusted by the largest financial institutions
99.999% uptime 24x365
Stable microsecond latency at scale
Business workflows in weeks
WHAT IS HYDRA
Hydra provides pre-built components and functionalities to streamline the development process.
It acts as a core technology foundation for delivering:
- Matching engines
- Smart order routers
- RFQ workflows
- Single dealer platforms
- Order management (OMS)
- FIX gateways
- Execution workflows & algos
- Internalization engines
- Trading UIs
- And more …
Hydra Development Accelerator
- Develop your unique business logic from day one
- Support the most demanding applications
- Production ready monitoring & tooling
- Store and access your real time data
- Connect seamlessly to global markets via integration gateways
What makes Hydra unique?
Deploy software faster "We delivered a next-gen trade execution platform in just over 8 months."
Reduce delivery risk By removing architectural complexity, Hydra de-risks development processes.
Differentiate & innovate "We look forward to building upon the platform in the coming months and years ..."
Deploy anywhere "Our scalable architecture can operate on-premises as well as in the cloud."
Keep control "We wanted full ownership of the platform and its code post-build."
Built on Aeron open-source Hydra takes the Aeron open-source paradigm to the next level.
Automation and tooling Reduce development cycles and significantly minimize downtime.
CAPABILITIES/FEATURES
Hydra comes with architectural and fault-tolerant features out-of-the-box, implemented and ready to be deployed:
Modular design
Independent components give you the flexible architecture you want.
Seemless integration
Various communication protocols and gateways, such as Websockets, FIX, SQL and JSON, are supported to enable seamless integration into your tech estate.
Automated quality assurance
Comprehensive end-to-end testing capabilities guarantee the reliability and performance of your trading platform.
24x365 toolkit 
99.999% data resilience ensures high availability of your capital markets systems.
Centralized management
Accelerated deployment, monitoring, and management simplifies trading system operations.
Event-driven architecture
Efficient and responsive communication enables seamless operation within the trading platform.
Resources
VIDEO
Delivering custom trading platforms using Hydra.
- Experience the future of real-time trading
SHOWCASE
Check out our real-time demo trading platform.
- Agility and Collaboration: Building a low-latency, cloud-enabled, NextGen trade execution platform
CASE STUDY
Kepler Cheuvreux - Building a low-latency trade execution platform with Hydra.
- How Adaptive took ADSS’ retail trading platform to the next level
CASE STUDY
ADSS - Creating a cloud-native trading platform with Hydra.