Markets & Trading Systems
Live Trading Execution Systems in your repo, with weekly demos.
We focus on order lifecycle, retries, and kill switches in prod. Written scope, your stack, weekly demos — no account-manager layer.
You're moving from paper to live trading execution systems. Most teams over-scope it. We write acceptance criteria first, then ship in 10-12 weeks for production execution with risk gates with Python in your repo — not a parallel codebase that rots.
Backtests that ignore fees are marketing, not research.
We won't go live without paper trading validation criteria in writing.
Primary buyer fit
Dominant persona: Systematic funds
Funds moving from paper to production with strict risk controls.
Also relevant for
- -Prop desks scaling automated execution.
- -Teams replacing brittle scripts with monitored services.
Problems we solve
- -Live Trading Execution Systems estimates balloon because acceptance criteria were never written.
- -A previous vendor shipped live trading execution systems that broke on edge cases in week two.
- -Your team lacks bandwidth to own live trading execution systems while shipping the core product.
- -Integrations around Python are fragile and nobody owns on-call.
- -Stakeholders disagree on what "live trading execution systems done" means — so nothing ships.
What we deliver
- -Written scope for live trading execution systems with explicit in/out of scope
- -Weekly demo — live or recorded — with decisions logged
- -Acceptance checklist signed before production launch
- -Runbook for the failure modes we expect in month one
- -Handoff doc so your team can maintain without us
- -Working implementation in your repo using Python and Interactive Brokers API
How we work
- 1.Align: goals, constraints, and who signs off on live trading execution systems
- 2.Cut: smallest version that proves value — write it down
- 3.Ship: incremental releases with review each week
- 4.Measure: check the metric we agreed on; iterate or close
Why Futurebits
- -Typical window: 10-12 weeks for production execution with risk gates — stated in writing before we start.
- -Weekly demos with written decisions — not status decks.
- -Stack-first: we start with Python unless the audit says otherwise.
Frequently asked questions
What do you need from us to start?
One decision-maker, repo or staging access, and honest constraints (timeline, budget, stack). Existing docs help but aren't required.
Can you stay on after Live Trading Execution Systems launches?
Yes — maintenance sprints or a partner retainer. Many teams keep us for the next bottleneck once v1 is stable.
Who on your team works on Live Trading Execution Systems?
The same small team from kickoff to launch — not a rotating bench. You talk to the people writing code or design files.
What does the first week of Live Trading Execution Systems look like?
Access, repo setup, and a written scope draft. No build until you sign off on cut lines and the metric we're targeting.
Do you work with our existing Python or Interactive Brokers API setup?
Yes, when it's sane. We audit first and tell you if something needs replacing — we won't rip out working infra for sport.
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