Concurrency Limits

Concurrency limits define the maximum number of simultaneous processes or requests a system can handle. In high-performance trading platforms, these limits are carefully tuned to maximize efficiency while preventing resource exhaustion.

If too many processes run at once, the system may suffer from context switching overhead or memory contention, which slows down the entire matching process. Engineers use concurrency limits to balance the trade-off between throughput and latency.

For traders, knowing the concurrency limits of an exchange can help in designing more resilient and effective algorithmic trading strategies.