Lime Direct Virtual Private Server
Scalable, low latency solutions for systematic traders
For nearly 20 years, Lime Direct has helped quants connect with a fast, reliable, direct market access (DMA) gateway to the U.S. equity and options markets. Our Virtual Private Server (VPS) solution provides up-and-coming algorithmic traders with low latency, enterprise-grade security, and cost-effective ways to test and grow their strategies.
Lime Direct DMA Performance
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6 Billion Shares
executed in the marketplace in the first quarter of 2022, averaging 2 billion per month
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4.5 BILLION MESSAGES
processed in the first quarter of 2022, including new orders, cancels, and replacements
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NEARLY 200 MILLION SHARES
executed in the marketplace with over 75 million messages processed in a single day in the first quarter of 2022, a new one-day volume record
Features of the Lime Direct Virtual Private Server
Agency Broker
- Market-neutral execution delivery for privacy
- SEC Rule 15c3-5 pre-trade risk checks performed as fast as single-digit microseconds
- Customized algo and smart order routers
Flexible Solutions
- Discounted real-time market data from Nasdaq, which starts under $1,000 per month
- Potentially save thousands of dollars in equipment and hosting costs per month
- Secure hosting and colocation at major data centers: Carteret (NASDAQ exchanges), Secaucus (CBOE exchanges and other
venues), and Mahwah (NYSE exchanges) - Customized algo and smart order router order types available
Technical Specifications
- Secure access via a dedicated network setup
- Starts at 4 CPU cores, 8GB of memory, 68 GB of storage, and 2TB
of transfer