Ark Trader slashes latency as trade volumes soar with servers.com
Ark Trader has reported significant improvements in trade speed and platform stability following a technology partnership with servers.com.
Ark Technologies, the company behind the Ark Trader financial trading platform, has implemented infrastructure from servers.com in response to increasing demands for higher trading volumes and faster execution speeds. The migration has resulted in a 55% reduction in trade latency, with times improving from 400–500 milliseconds to 180 milliseconds.
Growth in trade volume
According to Ark Technologies, the technical upgrade has produced measurable business results. A 75% increase in trade volume for brokers using Ark Trader has been observed, with one client's daily activity rising from 400,000 to 700,000 trades per day. These figures highlight the growing reliance on faster systems within the financial technology sector, where even marginal gains in execution speed can have substantial financial implications.
Iyad Yasser, Chief Technology Officer and Co-founder of Ark Technologies, stated:
"We didn't change a single line of code in our backend systems. The acceleration of our platform for our traders and their customers, plus the significant growth of our business, is purely the result of a stronger, more stable network. With servers.com, our latency dropped and trade execution soared. Our platform's reputation is built on performance, and servers.com continues to protect that with bulletproof reliability."
Infrastructure migration and scaling
The move to servers.com was designed to enable Ark Technologies to adapt more readily to client demand. Over 50 servers were migrated within a two-month period, which allowed the company to scale without modifying application code. Servers.com's engineering support was cited as a factor in the transition to high-performance hardware, contributing to optimised routing and a significant reduction in network hops - from as many as 70 to just 9 in some scenarios.
Addressing availability challenges
Prior to the partnership, Ark Trader experienced service availability issues caused by reused internet protocol addresses. These IPs had historical associations with content considered sensitive in several key markets, including the Middle East and India. As 75% of Ark Trader's user base operates in these regions, repeated IP blocking was a significant concern and led to decreased platform reliability.
Servers.com responded by supplying clean, dedicated IP address ranges and deploying geographically optimised proxy infrastructure in Amsterdam, Singapore, and Hong Kong. The companies also collaborated on a disaster recovery and failover strategy to further minimise downtime risks. As a result, Ark Technologies has been able to reassure clients regarding the stability and accessibility of its services in strategically important locations.
Expanding globally
With the stabilised infrastructure, Ark Technologies has expanded its presence in the Middle East and Gulf Cooperation Council region. The company indicated that a substantial portion of its new business is now driven by referrals, attributed to strengthened service levels.
Commenting on the collaboration, Mike Sparshott, Trading and Web3 Lead at servers.com, said:
"Seeing a 55% boost in execution speed and a 75% increase is no mean feat, and it's great to have played such a central role in accelerating Ark Technologies trading activity for its clients, and the company's wider business expansion. It's clear that with the right infrastructure and underpinning customer support, a platform like Ark Trader can become a market-leading brokerage solution delivering exceptional results."
The shift to servers.com also included efforts to optimise data delivery across international markets and create a robust disaster recovery plan. These moves support Ark Technologies' strategy to increase its market share in fast-growing regions that place high demands on platform availability and response times.
Ark Trader is currently used by approximately 136,000 traders who execute an average of 2.5 million trades each week. With continued investments in technical infrastructure and service reliability, the company is seeking to maintain its growth trajectory as customer expectations for trading speed and uptime continue to increase.
