Infrastructure for fair, transparent market access
FairConnect provides infrastructure that enables trading venues to measure, manage, and demonstrate fairness in low‑latency co‑location environments. We deliver deterministic, topology‑aware monitoring and control that gives exchanges a clear, compliant and auditable view of physical market access conditions—trusted by latency‑sensitive market participants and regulators alike.
Built for venues where confidence, integrity, and oversight matter.
About FairConnect
FairConnect was founded to address a growing gap between how modern markets operate and how fairness is delivered and demonstrated.
As electronic trading evolves, confidence in market access depends on precision, transparency, and traceability across all stakeholders. FairConnect provides the infrastructure layer that makes this possible—globally.
Challenges facing modern exchanges in colocation
Equidistant cable length alone is no longer sufficient to meet modern equality standards.
Electronic markets are faster, more competitive, and more scrutinized than ever.
Nano-seconds matter. Pico-seconds matter.
Physical distance, fiber routing, and cross‑connect topology create unavoidable latency differences.
Latency‑sensitive participants expect fairness. They demand and deserve market access that is measured consistently and precisely.
Regulators increasingly expect evidence—not assurances—of fair, equal and non‑manipulated access. They expect policies and procedures backed by controls and measurements that transparently demonstrate oversight and auditability.
Many venues have responded with manual audits, performed periodically, which are costly, disruptive, and inherently retrospective.
FairConnect offers a repeatable, automated, trusted and scalable alternative.
The FairConnect Solution
FairConnect provides independent, deterministic measurement and control of physical market access latencies for exchanges and market operators offering colocation services.
FairConnect Monitor™
Latency Monitoring
We model physical connectivity paths and continuously monitor latency at single-nanosecond and sub‑nanosecond precision.
We detect anomolous changes in latency and fiber fidelity characteristics.
FairConnect Equalize™
Latency Equalization
Where desired, venues may optionally apply latency equalization at sub-nanosecond level of precision, under their own governance and control.
FairConnect Compliance™
Compliance and Audit Support
Historical audit logs of all latency measurements, and full traceability of configuration changes affecting monitoring or equalization in support of exchange rules, policies and procedures.
FairConnect Insight™
Dashboards and Analytics supporting Monitoring, Equalization and Compliance
What this enables for exchange operators:
Continuous, high‑precision latency monitoring and equalization
objective comparison across participants and cross‑connects, and
ability to equalize to sub-nanosecond precision
Early detection of anomolous structural advantages and unintended drift between participants
Automated and scalable compliance support:
reduced reliance on manual, retrospective audits
findings presented in a reproducible manner suitable for internal governance and external review
Cost efficient campus equalization, eliminating the need for expensive fiber spools and ensuring any campus location is attractive to participants
Repeatability. Transparency. Auditability. Fairness. Trust.
Designed for all stakeholders:
For Exchange Operators
Confidently and efficiently deliver and demonstrate fair access, support regulatory obligations, evidence compliance and reduce disputes around connectivity and latency—without changing your market model, network topology or participant rules. Reduce capital expenditure related to wasteful fiber spools.
For Latency‑Sensitive Market Participants
Trust that all participants are treated fairly and equally. Gain confidence that access conditions are measured consistently, independently, and at the precision required for modern electronic trading.
For Regulators and Oversight Bodies
Access evidence based views into market access that are precise, auditable, and independent of self reported data.
How engagements typically begin
Confidential Technical Briefing
FairConnect engagements start with confidential technical briefings tailored to an exchange’s existing infrastructure and governance model.
Overviews are pre-NDA, but any deeper dives are conducted under MNDA in order to protect both parties’ confidentiality.
Test drive latency monitoring devices in a limited, non‑disruptive deployment
Evaluate ongoing latency monitoring and drift detection
Explore latency monitoring and equalization in controlled environments
Contact us to schedule a confidential briefing
Test Drive Latency Monitoring Devices
Our Team
We have sat on all sides of the table
Our team has operated and overseen low latency environments as senior leaders in high-frequency trading firms, exchanges, managed infrastructure providers and fiber-optic telecom providers.
Exchange & Market Infrastructure Experience
We have direct experience designing, operating, and governing exchange‑adjacent infrastructure, including co‑location environments, connectivity services, and market access controls.
Low‑Latency & Network Engineering Expertise
We bring deep expertise in deterministic networking, fiber infrastructure, and nanosecond‑level latency measurement, grounded in real‑world deployment rather than theoretical models.
Regulatory & Governance Perspective
Team members have worked closely with regulators, compliance teams, and market oversight functions, shaping systems and documentation that stand up to audit and external review.
Independent by Design
FairConnect is vendor‑neutral and independent, allowing us to serve as a trusted third party for venues, participants, and regulators alike.
Contact us
We are currently engaging with exchange operators for confidential technical briefings and limited test deployments.
Email: contact@fair-connect.com
Location: United States · Global focus
FXC Inc (d/b/a FairConnect)
Independent technology provider. Nothing on this site constitutes legal or regulatory advice.