About HFT Arbitrage Platform

HFT Arbitrage Platform is a specialist developer of arbitrage trading software for forex and CFD markets. Since 2013 we have built and shipped six strategy engines — one-leg latency, 2-legs latency (variants 1, 2, 3), hedge, and triangular arbitrage — used by retail traders, prop firm account holders, and institutional desks in over 40 countries. Our focus is a single, narrow problem: turning a clean price feed and a broker connection into consistent arbitrage execution.

Who we are

We are a small, technically focused team of developers and quantitative traders. We do not run trader education courses, sell signals, or operate trading accounts on behalf of clients. We write software — specifically the execution engines, broker connectors, reference feed integrations, and backtest tools that let an independent trader deploy arbitrage strategies on their own infrastructure.

This narrow scope is deliberate. Arbitrage execution is a hard technical problem — sub-millisecond timing, broker idiosyncrasies, feed normalisation, anti-detection — and it demands full attention. By staying out of the education, copy-trading, and asset-management markets, we can invest all our engineering time into making the core platform faster, more reliable, and compatible with more brokers.

Our history

HFT Arbitrage Platform was founded in 2013, initially as an internal execution engine for a small group of latency-arbitrage traders working on MT4 retail brokers. After three years of refining the engine in-house, the first public edition shipped in 2016 as a single-strategy license focused on one-leg latency arbitrage.

Over the following years, we added 2-legs latency (three variants, each solving a different broker-detection problem), hedge arbitrage (for brokers where latency is not viable), triangular arbitrage (for desks running intra-broker three-pair strategies), and — most recently — full integration with modern broker platforms beyond MT4/MT5: cTrader, DXTrade, MatchTrader, NinjaTrader, and direct FIX API.

Today the platform supports the full broker connector stack, the major institutional reference feeds (Rithmic, CQG, Integral, LMAX, cTrader Raw), and colocation workflows in LD4 (London), NY4 (New York), TY3 (Tokyo), and FR5 (Frankfurt).

What we believe

Arbitrage is a real strategy, not a magic box

Arbitrage exploits real, measurable pricing inefficiencies between brokers or between a broker and a faster reference feed. It is a strategy with well-understood mechanics, published academic literature, and a clear risk profile. It is not a “trading secret” and we never market it that way. Our job is to give you the infrastructure to execute the strategy correctly — the strategy itself is yours to configure.

Execution quality beats marketing

We invest in the engineering details that don’t make exciting marketing copy: signal-to-order latency under 1.2 ms, clean FIX session handling, broker-specific quirks in order normalisation, anti-detection filters that actually mirror retail trader behaviour. Most of our product work happens below the surface, measured in microseconds and fill-rate percentage points.

Honest about risk

Arbitrage is profitable under the right conditions and unprofitable under the wrong ones. Broker counterparty risk, detection risk, network and feed reliability risk, and regulatory risk are all real. We publish these risks on every product page, we refuse to make revenue or profitability guarantees, and we recommend every new user start with the Free (shareware) edition or a small paid license and scale up only after live results validate their broker and infrastructure.

Lifetime licensing, no subscriptions

Arbitrage software is not a SaaS product that benefits from monthly recurring fees — it is a trading tool you buy once and use as long as it works with your broker. We sell one-time lifetime licenses with 12 months of free updates included, no hidden subscriptions, no per-trade fees, no revenue share. When you scale up your trading, your costs don’t scale with you.

What we build

The HFT Arbitrage Platform is a single product shipped in four editions:

  • Free (Shareware) — $19 evaluation edition with one-leg, hedge, and 2-legs strategies on EURUSD
  • One Leg — $465 single-strategy license for one-leg latency arbitrage
  • Custom Configuration — from $275, modular license with any combination of strategy modules
  • All Arbitrage Bundle — $1,355 (list $2,605), full six-strategy bundle

The same execution engine, broker connectors, backtest tools, and risk controls ship with every edition. Only the enabled strategy modules and reference feed access differ. Side-by-side comparison is on the Editions page.

Who we serve

Our users fall into three broad groups:

  • Independent retail traders running arbitrage on arbitrage-permissive brokers, typically with $10k–$500k in account capital. This is the largest group and the one the platform was originally built for.
  • Prop firm account holders trading funded accounts at FTMO, FundedNext, The5ers, and similar firms — using our hedge and 2-legs latency 3 modules, which are designed to comply with most prop firm rule sets.
  • Small institutional desks and family offices that want a turnkey arbitrage execution stack rather than building one from scratch. These clients typically use the All Arbitrage Bundle and run multiple accounts in parallel.

Who we don’t serve

Being explicit about this saves time for everyone:

  • Traders looking for guaranteed returns or passive income products — we sell execution software, not strategies that make money on autopilot.
  • Traders with no prior market experience — you need a working account, a VPS, and enough familiarity with trading mechanics to read backtest reports and interpret broker execution behaviour.
  • Asset managers seeking a copy-trade service or a signals subscription — we do not operate those businesses.
  • Traders who want to run the platform on unsupported retail brokers that prohibit algorithmic or arbitrage-style trading — the software can technically run, but you will be in breach of the broker’s terms of service and may lose funds.

How we differ from other arbitrage software vendors

The arbitrage software market includes many products of varying quality. A few factors that distinguish our approach:

  • One-time licensing, not subscription. Most competitors charge monthly — we sell once.
  • Full modern broker platform coverage. Most tools stop at MT4/MT5. We include cTrader, DXTrade, MatchTrader, NinjaTrader, and direct FIX.
  • Institutional reference feeds. We integrate with the same data sources used by prop trading firms (Rithmic, CQG, LMAX, Integral, cTrader Raw) — not just retail MT4 feeds.
  • Real shareware edition. You can evaluate the actual production engine, not a cut-down demo, for $19 before paying for a commercial license.
  • Prop firm-aware design. The 2-legs latency 3 and hedge modules were engineered specifically to comply with common prop firm rule sets, with configurable holding times and anti-detection filters.
  • Published risks and limitations. We document what the platform will not do, including on its own product pages — not only in fine print.

Support and documentation

Every paid license includes email support during business hours, installation assistance, a list of currently arbitrage-friendly brokers, and 12 months of free software updates. The All Arbitrage Bundle adds priority response times. Documentation covers setup, configuration, backtest methodology, and common broker-specific issues.

Shareware users have access to general documentation and community resources but not personal setup support or broker recommendations — those are reserved for paid license holders.

What we will never tell you

For the record, and regardless of what any marketing may suggest:

  • We will never guarantee a specific return, profit percentage, or trading outcome.
  • We will never claim that arbitrage is risk-free, undetectable, or impossible to lose on.
  • We will never operate a trading account on your behalf or take a share of your profits.
  • We will never pressure you with “limited-time” pricing or artificial scarcity — our editions are priced the same week-to-week; the All Arbitrage Bundle discount is a standing offer.
  • We will never recommend a broker we have not personally tested with the platform in live conditions.

Contact

Pre-sales questions, compatibility checks with a specific broker, or evaluation license requests: use the contact form on the Contact page, or reach us through the public channels linked in the site footer. We aim to respond within one business day.

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