How an exchange matching engine works: the limit order book, price-time priority, deterministic single-threaded matching, sequencing, and sub-microsecond design.
A 2026 systems deep-dive on building a low-latency market data feed handler: ITCH parsing, order book reconstruction, normalization, and failure modes.
Limit order book reconstruction from NASDAQ ITCH feeds — message types, snapshot vs delta, lock-free L3 book in C++/Rust, and a 2026 reference architecture.