Latency Labs Blog

Welcome to my blog. I write about low-latency software, quantitative finance, high-performance computing, and AI.

Scanning for Options Trading Opportunities in Python with the Quotient API

Learn how to use Python and the Quotient API to fetch entire options chains and scan for interesting trading opportunities by filtering contracts based on criteria like open interest and volume.

October 4, 2025 · 2 min · 421 words · M. Diallo

Analyzing Intraday Market Patterns in Python with the Quotient API

A practical guide on how to fetch high-frequency intraday stock data using the Quotient API and perform a classic quantitative analysis: calculating the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP).

October 1, 2025 · 2 min · 362 words · M. Diallo

C++20 Coroutines for High-Performance I/O in Trading Systems

An introduction to C++20 coroutines and how they can be used to write clean, scalable, and high-performance asynchronous I/O code, with a focus on applications in financial technology.

September 28, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · M. Diallo

Lock-Free Data Structures in C++ for HFT

An overview of lock-free programming principles and how to implement a lock-free queue in modern C++ for high-frequency trading systems.

September 12, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · M. Diallo

From Monolith to Microservices: A Trading System Case Study

A case study on the architectural trade-offs of refactoring a monolithic trading application into a distributed system of microservices.

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · M. Diallo