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Strait Solutions
Trading Technology, Built Right

Where Technology
Meets the Market

We build the systems that sit between your trading desk and the exchange. Infrastructure that capital markets actually run on — designed, developed, and integrated by people who understand both the code and the market.

Order Flow · EUR/USD Live
1.0892
1.0856
1.0820
2.4ms
Avg. latency
▼ 12% from baseline
847k
Messages / sec
▲ 23% throughput
Equities Foreign Exchange Listed Derivatives Commodities Fixed Income FIX Protocol Market Data Low Latency Order Management Risk Systems Matching Engines Exchange Connectivity Equities Foreign Exchange Listed Derivatives Commodities Fixed Income FIX Protocol Market Data Low Latency Order Management Risk Systems Matching Engines Exchange Connectivity
Technologies & Protocols We Work With

What We Build

From the WebSocket connection feeding your blotter to the matching logic processing orders at the core — we work across the full stack.

01

Frontend Development

Trading interfaces that keep up with the market. Real-time dashboards, order entry screens, and data visualization built for professionals who decide in milliseconds.

React WebSocket WebGL
02

Backend Development

Matching engines, order management, risk calculation, and the API infrastructure that ties them together. Built for throughput, tested under pressure.

Java Rust gRPC
03

System Integration

FIX protocol, proprietary exchange APIs, market data feeds. Protocol-level work so your systems talk to each other without translation errors.

FIX 4.4 ITCH OUCH
04

Cloud & Infrastructure

Architecture that treats latency as a design constraint. High-availability deployments, failover strategies, and infrastructure that stays up when markets get volatile.

AWS K8s DPDK
05

Consulting

Honest technical guidance from people who have built these systems before. Architecture reviews and vendor evaluation that save expensive mistakes two years from now.

Strategy Review
0
Years in capital markets
Equities, FX, derivatives, commodities
0
Systems built & deployed
From matching engines to trading UIs
0
Exchanges integrated
Direct market access & FIX connectivity
24/7
Production-grade reliability
Systems that hold under real conditions

Built on Experience,
Not Assumptions

Named for the Strait of Gibraltar — the narrow passage connecting two vast bodies of water — our company occupies a similar position in fintech. We sit at the intersection of financial markets and software engineering, connecting deep domain expertise with modern development practice.

Our founder spent over two decades inside the capital markets industry, building and operating the technology that trading firms depend on. From high-frequency trading systems processing millions of messages per second to enterprise OMS platforms handling multi-asset order flow.

"We do not treat financial technology as an abstract problem. We have lived inside these systems."
The approach that shapes every engagement
01
Understand First
Every trading system exists within a specific market structure, regulatory environment, and operational context. We spend time understanding yours before writing a line of code.
02
Simplicity Is a Feature
Complex systems fail in complex ways. We favor straightforward architectures, well-defined interfaces, and components that can be reasoned about independently.
03
Own the Outcome
We do not hand off code and disappear. We support what we build, document what we deliver, and remain available when the system encounters something unexpected.

The Team Behind
the Technology

Capital markets veterans, serial entrepreneurs, and regulatory experts. We have built, operated, and exited in both traditional finance and Web3.

Michael Bar Zeev

Michael Bar Zeev

Co-Founder & CEO

Serial entrepreneur in fintech and Web3 with three successful exits. Former CEO of Titan, a digital asset infrastructure company under First DAG that was acquired by Fireblocks. Deep operational experience building and scaling financial technology companies from inception through acquisition.

3x Exit Founder Fireblocks (via Titan) Fintech & Web3
Thomas Wolff

Thomas Wolff

Technology Director

Former CTO of Flow Traders, one of the world's largest electronic market makers, where he built and ran trading infrastructure at global scale. Hands-on technical leadership across both traditional financial markets and Web3 systems, at the intersection of high-performance engineering and financial product development.

Former CTO, Flow Traders Trading Infrastructure Web3 Architecture
Shoham Ben Rubi

Att. Shoham Ben Rubi

Head of Legal & Regulatory

Led the International Department at the Israel Securities Authority, shaping cross-border securities policy and regulatory cooperation. Held senior positions at Deloitte and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, with extensive expertise in financial regulation and compliance across domestic and international frameworks.

Israel Securities Authority Deloitte TASE Cross-Border Regulation
Daniel Liven

Att. Daniel Liven

Head of European Legal & Compliance

European commercial and antitrust lawyer, former COO at Zaisan, a digital asset advisory firm. Specializes in regulatory frameworks governing Web3 and financial markets across European jurisdictions, focused on the practical challenges of operating compliant financial businesses in evolving regulatory environments.

Former COO, Zaisan EU Regulatory & Antitrust Web3 Compliance

Deep Domain Knowledge

Two decades building and operating trading technology across multiple asset classes and market structures.

Equities Foreign Exchange Listed Derivatives Commodities Fixed Income Crypto Assets FIX Protocol Market Data Feeds Low Latency Order Management Risk Systems Matching Engines Exchange Connectivity Regulatory Reporting
FIX 4.4 / 5.0
ITCH / OUCH
WebSocket
gRPC
React
TypeScript
Java / Rust
AWS / GCP
Kubernetes

Built With the Right Tools

We choose the language and framework that fits the latency and throughput profile of the component — not the one trending on Hacker News.

Languages & Runtimes
JavaJava
RustRust
TSTypeScript
PythonPython
GoGo
C++C++
Frontend & Visualization
ReactReact
Next.jsNext.js
D3D3.js / WebGL
Three.jsThree.js
WebSocket
Protocols & Messaging
FIX 4.2 / 4.4 / 5.0
ITCH / OUCH
gRPCgRPC / Protobuf
KafkaKafka
Aeron
Chronicle Queue
SBE / FlatBuffers
Infrastructure & Cloud
AWSAWS
GCPGCP
K8sKubernetes
DockerDocker
TerraformTerraform
DPDK / OpenOnload
Bare Metal Colo

How We Can Help

Whether you need hands-on development, strategic guidance, or a complete system built from scratch.

FE

Frontend Engineers

React, TypeScript, WebGL

BE

Backend Engineers

Java, Rust, Go, C++

SI

Integration Specialists

FIX, ITCH, exchange APIs

DE

DevOps & Infra

AWS, K8s, low-latency

QA

QA & Testing

Load testing, regression, UAT

AR

Architects

System design & review

From Understanding
to Production

01
Discover
We map your market structure, latency requirements, regulatory constraints, and operational reality.
02
Architect
Design decisions documented, trade-offs explicit, component boundaries defined before any code is written.
03
Build
Iterative development with your team. Your codebase, your standards, your CI pipeline. No black boxes.
04
Sustain
Production support, documentation, knowledge transfer. We remain available when the system encounters the unexpected.

Let's Talk About
What You're Building

If you are building, replacing, or rethinking your trading technology — we would like to hear about it. No sales process. No qualification calls. Just a conversation between people who understand the work.

Email

hello@strait.solutions

Location

Strait Solutions Limited
Unit 1-3, Irish Place
Irish Town, Gibraltar GX11 1AA

Response Time

We typically respond within one business day.

No spam. No sales pitch. We read every message personally.

Thanks!

We will get back in touch soon.