New York based CTA Systematic Alpha Management has upgraded its speed of trade quote and execution through QuantLINK, a new product from QuantHouse, the  supplier of next-generation trading systems. QuantLINK is an advanced trading infrastructure interconnecting the heart of exchanges with proximity hosting at the source. 

Using QuantLINK’s low-latency connection with the CME order server will significantly reduce overall quote and execution delays of CME futures trading orders. Systematic Alpha estimates that QuantLINK will decrease the average delay of these orders from 60 milliseconds, the time it currently takes when traded from New York, to about 10 milliseconds.

“Customer loyalty is very high at QuantHouse and we see that as a very good indicator of continued service quality and performance,” said Pierre-François Filet, CEO and co-founder of QuantHouse. “Our hosting co-location facilities and our global fiber optic network allows clients to benefit from a very powerful, end-to-end system with a straightforward implementation process. This new contract with Systematic Alpha confirms our global leadership for this business model.”

QuantLINK will enhance QuantHouse’s global order routing capabilities and co-location services within exchanges. As a result of the contract, Systematic Alpha has placed two high performance servers in the QuantHouse facility in Chicago, located in the vicinity of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange data centre order matching engine. 

"For Systematic Alpha Management, employing the fastest real-time quotes is imperative for minimizing execution slippage,” said Alexei Chekhlov, Systematic Alpha’s co-founder and head of research. “Using QuantHouse proximity hosting services allow SAM to significantly reduce the overall quote and execution latency for CME futures trading orders, which has obviously a direct impact on our trading performance.”