jmptrader / parity

Open source software platform for trading venues

Parity

Parity is an open source software platform for trading venues. It can be used to run a financial marketplace, develop algorithmic trading agents, or research market microstructure.

Parity requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 8 or newer.

Download

See the latest release on GitHub.

Modules

Parity contains the following applications:

• Parity Trading System is a server application for running a financial exchange.

• Parity FIX Gateway is a server application that adds Financial Information Exchange (FIX) support to the trading system.

• Parity Terminal Client is a simple console application for entering orders into the trading system.

• Parity Stock Ticker is a simple console application that displays the best prices and latest trades in the trading system.

• Parity Trade Reporter is a simple console application that displays all occurred trades in the trading system.

See the Wiki for additional applications.

Parity contains the following libraries:

• Parity Order Book implements high-performance order book reconstruction on the JVM.

• Parity Network Protocols specifies and implements network protocols used by the trading system.

• Parity File Formats specifies and implements file formats used by the trading system.

• Parity Matching Algorithm implements the matching algorithm used by the trading system.

• Parity Utilities contains support functions used by the trading system.

Parity contains the following test applications:

• Parity Order Book Performance Test contains microbenchmarks for the order book reconstruction.

• Parity Matching Algorithm Performance Test contains microbenchmarks for the matching algorithm.

Build

Build Parity with Maven:

mvn package

Links

For more information on Parity:

• Follow @paritytrading on Twitter for news and announcements
• Join paritytrading/chat on Gitter for discussions

License

Copyright 2014 Jussi Virtanen and contributors.

Released under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.txt for details.