Kx’ Kdb+tick application layers on top of the kdb+ database to provide multi-asset traders with an accurate and instant view of global markets. They can capture and analyze millions of ticks as well as terabytes of historical data and achieve fast results on both, the software company claims.
The ‘q’ language, designed to deliver fast application and query performance on very large databases and on time-ordered data, was used throughout the entire system to create a unified platform architecture with low latency between data capture and analysis.
HypoVereinsbank (HVB) is the ideal example of how customers performing cross-asset trading in different geographies can use our unified platform and flexible programming language to gain competitive advantage, commented Simon Garland, Kx CTO. We gave HVB the tools to build a custom system on 64-bit hardware that met the specific requirements of their proprietary trading desks and allowed them to optimize trading opportunities much more quickly than their competition.
