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7/6/2026

TickForge: a low-latency C++20 market data & order execution engine published: false tags: cpp, systemsprogramming, quant, lowlatency
Short summary
Developer builds TickForge, a C++20 low-latency trading engine from scratch to teach real trading system architecture. Implements fixed-depth L2 order book with strict constraints: no dynamic allocation on hot paths, deterministic behavior. Early-stage foundation; author seeks structural feedback from experienced trading systems engineers.
- •TickForge is an open-source C++20 trading engine designed to teach real low-latency architecture
- •Implements fixed-depth L2 order book with no dynamic allocation on performance-critical paths
- •Foundation-stage project seeking feedback from trading systems engineers before expanding
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