Autonomous Trading System

Project Overview

Built a production-grade autonomous trading system that uses deep reinforcement learning to make real-time trading decisions across multiple asset classes. The system processes market data in real-time, executes trades with ultra-low latency, and continuously adapts to changing market conditions.

System Architecture

High-Performance Market Data Pipeline

class MarketDataProcessor {
private:
    // Lock-free queue for inter-thread communication
    moodycamel::ConcurrentQueue<MarketData> market_queue_;
    // CUDA streams for parallel processing
    std::vector<cudaStream_t> cuda_streams_;
    
public:
    void process_market_data(const MarketData& data) {
        // Zero-copy memory transfer to GPU
        auto gpu_data = transfer_to_gpu(data, cuda_streams_[current_stream_]);
        
        // Parallel feature computation on GPU
        auto features = compute_features(gpu_data);
        
        // Update order book atomically
        order_book_.update(data, features);
    }
    
    std::vector<float> get_state_representation() {
        return order_book_.get_normalized_features();
    }
};

Reinforcement Learning Engine

class TradingAgent:
    def __init__(self, config: Dict[str, Any]):
        self.model = TD3(
            state_dim=config.state_dim,
            action_dim=config.action_dim,
            max_action=1.0,
            device=torch.device('cuda')
        )
        self.memory = PrioritizedReplayBuffer(
            capacity=1_000_000,
            alpha=0.6,
            beta=0.4
        )
        
    def select_action(self, state: torch.Tensor) -> np.ndarray:
        with torch.no_grad():
            # Add market regime awareness
            regime = self.regime_classifier(state)
            augmented_state = torch.cat([state, regime], dim=-1)
            
            action = self.model.actor(augmented_state)
            # Add safety constraints
            action = self.risk_manager.constrain_action(action)
            return action.cpu().numpy()
    
    def update(self, batch_size: int = 256) -> Dict[str, float]:
        # Sample from replay buffer with importance sampling
        states, actions, rewards, next_states, dones, weights = \
            self.memory.sample(batch_size)
        
        # Update critic
        current_Q1, current_Q2 = self.model.critic(states, actions)
        with torch.no_grad():
            # Compute target Q-values with clipped double Q-learning
            next_actions = self.model.actor_target(next_states)
            next_Q1, next_Q2 = self.model.critic_target(next_states, next_actions)
            next_Q = torch.min(next_Q1, next_Q2)
            target_Q = rewards + (1 - dones) * self.gamma * next_Q
        
        # Compute critic loss with importance sampling weights
        critic_loss = (weights * ((current_Q1 - target_Q)**2 + 
                                (current_Q2 - target_Q)**2)).mean()
        
        # Update actor using deterministic policy gradient
        actor_loss = -self.model.critic.Q1(states, 
                                         self.model.actor(states)).mean()
        
        return {
            'critic_loss': critic_loss.item(),
            'actor_loss': actor_loss.item()
        }

Risk Management System

class RiskManager:
    def __init__(self, config: Dict[str, Any]):
        self.position_limits = config.position_limits
        self.var_limit = config.var_limit
        self.max_drawdown = config.max_drawdown
        
    def compute_risk_metrics(self, 
                           portfolio: Portfolio,
                           market_data: MarketData) -> Dict[str, float]:
        # Compute Value at Risk using historical simulation
        var = self._compute_historical_var(portfolio, market_data)
        
        # Calculate expected shortfall
        es = self._compute_expected_shortfall(portfolio, market_data)
        
        # Estimate portfolio beta
        beta = self._estimate_portfolio_beta(portfolio, market_data)
        
        return {
            'var_95': var,
            'expected_shortfall': es,
            'portfolio_beta': beta
        }
    
    def constrain_action(self, 
                        action: np.ndarray, 
                        current_position: np.ndarray) -> np.ndarray:
        """Apply risk constraints to trading actions"""
        # Position limits
        proposed_position = current_position + action
        if np.any(np.abs(proposed_position) > self.position_limits):
            action = self._clip_to_limits(action, current_position)
        
        # VaR limits
        if self._estimate_post_trade_var(action) > self.var_limit:
            action = self._scale_to_var_limit(action)
            
        return action

Performance Optimization

1. CUDA Optimizations

   • Custom CUDA kernels for feature computation
   • Parallel order book updates
   • GPU-accelerated risk calculations

2. Network Optimization

   • Kernel bypass using DPDK
   • Custom TCP/IP stack
   • Hardware timestamping

3. Memory Management

   • Lock-free data structures
   • Custom memory allocator
   • NUMA-aware design

System Metrics

• Average latency: 50 microseconds
• 99th percentile latency: 150 microseconds
• Throughput: 1M messages/second
• GPU utilization: 85%
• CPU utilization: 60%

Trading Performance

• Sharpe Ratio: 3.2
• Maximum Drawdown: 12%
• Win Rate: 63%
• Profit Factor: 1.8

Future Enhancements

1. Implementing quantum-resistant cryptography for secure trading
2. Adding federated learning across multiple trading venues
3. Developing adaptive market regime detection
4. Implementing neural architecture search for model optimization

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