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# Saksham Arora

@nerfsaksham · Delhi, India · Joined March 2026

Data scientist, quant researcher and AI engineer · IIT Madras · saksham.digital

[Website](https://www.saksham.digital/)

### [How I Built an HFT Matching Engine (And All The Things I Got Wrong)](https://sakshamarora.hashnode.dev/how-i-built-an-hft-matching-engine-and-all-the-things-i-got-wrong?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I'm a second-year CSE undergrad. A few months ago I decided to build a limit order book matching engine in C++ the kind that sits inside exchanges and matches buy/sell orders. Here's the honest story

6 min read · [sakshamarora.hashnode.dev](https://sakshamarora.hashnode.dev/how-i-built-an-hft-matching-engine-and-all-the-things-i-got-wrong?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Apr 13](https://hashnode.com/posts/how-i-built-an-hft-matching-engine-and-all-the-things-i-got-wrong/69dd3555217f5dfcbd3beecc)