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Our Story
Since its establishment in 2004, Getta Securities Limited (GETTA) has focused on the Hong Kong securities market, aligning with global financial trends. Our goal is to become a professional-grade trading bridge connecting clients to the securities market.
Beyond successfully attracting various high-end investors in the past and actively participating in numerous large-scale IPO listings fundraising on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, GETTA has taken a distinctive path in recent years. Amidst the rapid development of fintech, while many brokerages strive to mobile-optimize trading applications, prioritizing operational convenience to attract clients, GETTA has chosen the road less traveled. We remain steadfast in our commitment to enhancing clients' trading advantages. We actively invest resources in applying cutting-edge technology, progressively upgrading all core infrastructure related to Hong Kong securities trading to the highest specifications. This has enabled us to build a professional-grade, ultra-low-latency order processing workflow.
Driven by this significantly enhanced trading execution capability in the Hong Kong market, GETTA's client base has transformed. We now serve not only local Hong Kong retail investors, but also encompass individual and institutional investors, as well as professional trading teams, both domestically and internationally. Clients' investment strategies have evolved from primarily long-term holdings to now being dominated by high-frequency strategies such as intraday arbitrage and correlation-triggered trades. Consequently, our annual trading volume in the Hong Kong securities market has surged from less than HKD 5 billion historically to now exceeding HKD 200 billion.
GETTA
Top Breakthrough Broker Of HKEX Awards 2024
We awarded as Top Breakthrough Broker of HKEX Awards 2024. The award is granted by HKEX to honour the hard work and commitment of diverse market participants and stakeholders to take our ecosystem to even greater heights.
Our Principles
Mission
Assist qualified clients explore to low latency trading field in HKEX, upgrading client's trading competitiveness to cope with the rapid development of Hong Kong Securities market efficiency.
Integrity
Instilling a corporate culture that promotes transparency, agility and continuity with an ethical conscience. Put clients first and assure all clients' interests are accounted for.
Value
To remain at the forefront of the trading brokerage sector, generating new dynamism by introducing valuable and genuine ideas, innovative approaches or technology and creative solutions for investors.
Professionalism
Abide by the code of ethics & standards of professional conducts to maintain and develop professional competency. Continue to enhance our technology with ongoing refinement of order execution process to enhance client's trading competitiveness.
Unlocking Low Latency Trading Secrets
What Is Low Latency In Trading
Low latency refers to the delay between when a trading decision is made and when the order is executed on the market. This delay, typically measured in microseconds or nanoseconds, plays a crucial role in a market environment. The goal is to secure the intended trade price before any noticeable market movement happens.
Pushing beyond milliseconds, ultra low latency aims for delays in the microsecond or even nanosecond range. Achieving this level of performance requires a combination of advanced hardware, optimized software, and strategic infrastructure. This is a far cry from the early days of electronic trading, which saw execution times measured in seconds.
Ultra low latency systems often rely on algorithmic trading technologies capable of analyzing market data and placing orders far quicker than a human trader ever could. These systems are designed to respond to market changes almost instantaneously, providing a vital edge for strategies that depend on capturing transient pricing opportunities.
Low Latency Make Strategies Work
Combined certain level of algorithmic trading with low latency trading technology, systems can act faster than any human ever could, often in microseconds. A few commonly used low latency trading strategies:
Latency Arbitrage: Taking advantage of price delays between different data feeds or venues.
Quote Sniping: When a large price movement is detected, the system aims to place orders ahead of slower traders reacting to the same signal.
Market Making: It constantly updates buy and sell orders to capture small spreads. Low latency is essential here because the trader must cancel or adjust quotes before market conditions change or are hit by informed orders.
Scalping: Executing hundreds of small trades based on fast-moving market conditions. Success depends on entering and exiting positions faster than competitors, often with tight stop-loss and take-profit rules.
News Reaction Trading: Algorithms scan headlines and economic releases to execute trades within milliseconds of major news events. Low latency allows for faster reaction before the broader market catches up.
Benefits For Low Latency Trading
Reducing latency brings real-world benefits. For traders running automation, a faster system can differentiate between winning and losing trades.
Some advantages of low latency trading systems:
More accurate fills: A faster system gets your orders into the market right when conditions line up, increasing the chances of getting the price you expect.
Lower slippage: Less delay between decision and execution means prices are less likely to shift against you, improving consistency.
Faster feedback loops: Low latency setups respond almost immediately to new data, helping strategies adapt in real time.
Improved profits: Over time, more precise execution adds up—resulting in better trade entries, exits, and overall profitability.
In the long run, this speed turns into consistency. That consistency allows traders to manage risk more effectively, confidently scale strategies, and focus on refining their edge rather than fighting against delay.
Key Components of Low Latency Trading
Combined certain level of algorithmic trading with low latency trading technology, systems can act faster than any human ever could, often in microseconds. A few commonly used low latency trading strategies:
Latency Arbitrage: Taking advantage of price delays between different data feeds or venues.
Quote Sniping: When a large price movement is detected, the system aims to place orders ahead of slower traders reacting to the same signal.
Market Making: It constantly updates buy and sell orders to capture small spreads. Low latency is essential here because the trader must cancel or adjust quotes before market conditions change or are hit by informed orders.
Scalping: Executing hundreds of small trades based on fast-moving market conditions. Success depends on entering and exiting positions faster than competitors, often with tight stop-loss and take-profit rules.
News Reaction Trading: Algorithms scan headlines and economic releases to execute trades within milliseconds of major news events. Low latency allows for faster reaction before the broader market catches up.
Key Offering
Currently, major turnover of Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) and Listed derivatives (warrant or CBBC) in HKEX is generated by low latency trading from seversals professional trading parties (normally over 20 billion HKD per day). Extremely high entrance barrier and cost always discourages most investors to take part in low latency trading area.
We offer various type of cost-effective low latency trading solution to assist investor to explore to the low latency trading sector in HKEX.
Standard Low Latency Solution
Standard low latency trading system with HKEX co-location services. User can avoid the technical and financial barrier for low latency trading, execute most commonly used high frequency trading strategy through a reliable infrastructure by very cost-effective approach.
Tailor-Made Low Latency Solution
Tailor-made low latency trading solution especially suitable to user who have unique or special demand for ultra-low latency trading connected to HKEX. Solution may include exclusive infra structure or special software optimization according to user requirement. User can offload the burden of low latency infrastructure involved and concentrate in trading strategy deployment only.
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