Open source limit order book matching engine from OCI
- Low-level components for order matching and aggregate depth tracking
- Memory-efficiency: minimal copying of data to internal structures
- Speed: between 2.0 million and 2.5 million inserts per second. See full performance history.
- Optional aggregate depth tracking to any number of levels (static) or BBO only
- Works with smart or regular pointers
- Preserves your order model, requiring only trivial interface
- Preserves your identifiers for securities, accounts, exchanges, orders, fills
- Use your threading system (or be single-threaded)
- Use your synchronization method
// Create type-specific order book book::OrderBook<MyOrder*> order_book; // Attach desired event handler(s) order_book.set_order_listener(&listener); // Create order - my Order class, not Liquibook's! MyOrder* order = new MyOrder(); // Add the order to the order book order_book.add(order); // Trigger event handlers order_book.perform_callbacks();
- MPC for cross-platform builds
- Assertiv for unit testing
- BOOST (optional) for shared pointer unit testing only
Assertiv is included as a submodule. After cloning liquibook, you must:
> cd liquibook > git submodule init > git submodule update
Make sure the $BOOST_ROOT and $MPC_ROOT environment variables are set, then open a shell
$ cd liquibook $ . env.sh $ mwc.pl -type make liquibook.mwc $ make depend $ make all
If you don't have readlink, set the $LIQUIBOOK_ROOT environment variable before running env.sh
Make sure the %BOOST_ROOT% and %MPC_ROOT% environment variables are set, then open the Visual Studio Command Prompt of choice (this example is for Visual Studio 2010):
> cd liquibook > winenv.bat > mwc.pl -type vc10 liquibook.mwc
Then in the same window, start Visual Studio from the command line, opening liquibook.sln
> liquibook.sln
In some cases, you may need to provide the path to Visual Studio - This example is the Visual Studio 2010 Express Edition:
> "%VS100COMNTOOLS%\..\IDE\VCExpress.exe" liquibook.sln
NOTE: If using Visual Studio 2012, you will be asked to upgrade your project. This is because MPC does not yet support -type vc11.
See other build notes.