Canton: A Distributed Ledger for Global Finance

Posted on Sun 07 September 2025 | Part 1 of Distributed Systems in Finance | 10 min read

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Traditional settlement takes days because banks cannot trust shared state. Canton Network addresses this with domain-based consensus and cryptographic privacy, enabling real-time settlement without sacrificing confidentiality.


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Interdependence of returns across multiple strategies

Posted on Mon 03 March 2025 | Part 2 of Building Real Trading Systems | 9 min read

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Low correlation between strategies does not guarantee independence. Hidden dependencies between trading strategies can create concentrated portfolio risk, especially during regime shifts where correlations suddenly converge.


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Setting up an Ubuntu 24.04 EC2 instance for algorithmic trading with Interactive Brokers

Posted on Fri 28 February 2025 | Part 1 of Building Real Trading Systems | 5 min read

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Provisioning cloud infrastructure is a common step when moving trading systems from local development to production. This guide shows how to deploy an Ubuntu 24.04 EC2 instance and connect it to Interactive Brokers.


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