r/highfreqtrading

17k members
r/highfreqtrading is a subreddit with 17k members. The community frequently discusses hft, trading, data, crypto, and market making, and the most common flair used is code, career, question, paper, and forex.
The r/highfreqtrading subreddit is a place for people of all backgrounds to join in informed discussion around high-frequency trading systems with an emphasis on sharing direct expertise and firsthand knowledge.

Popular Topics in r/highfreqtrading

#1

Hft

78 posts
#2

Trading

27 posts
#3

Data

15 posts
#4

Crypto

12 posts
#5

Market Making

12 posts
#6

Market

10 posts
#7

Latency

9 posts
#8

Fpga

8 posts
#9

System

8 posts
#10

C++

6 posts

Flair Used in r/highfreqtrading

#1
Code
: "Microstructure-sim: Lock-free LOB + Avellaneda-Stoikov market making + statistical arbitrage in Rust"
6 posts
#2
Career
: "Deciding Between 2 Hardware Offers"
5 posts
#3
Question
: "What would u choose in ur undergrad days."
4 posts
#4
Paper
: "Paper: model-free passive execution by shadowing other participants' orders, measured on a year of ES"
2 posts
#5
Forex
: "Looking for someone with a good forex strategy. I’ll build the bot for free (Germany)"
2 posts
#6
Commentary
: "The missing microsecond"
1 post
#7
Microstructure
: "How do prop-firm rules affect systematic or high-frequency strategies?"
1 post

Member Growth in r/highfreqtrading

Yearly
+6k members(49.7%)

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Last updated: October 15, 2026