> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.qubit.trade/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Speed & Execution

> How Qubit Alpha achieves ultra-low latency copy trading

Qubit Alpha leverages Hyperliquid's high-performance infrastructure to deliver industry-leading copy trading speed.

## Why Speed Matters

In copy trading, every millisecond counts. The delay between the original trade and your copied trade directly impacts:

* **Entry Price**: Slower execution means worse fills
* **Slippage**: Market can move significantly during delays
* **Profitability**: Small differences compound over many trades

## Our Technical Edge

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  <Card title="~100ms Latency" icon="bolt">
    From signal detection to execution in \~100ms through optimized infrastructure and high-performance SDK.
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  <Card title="Optimized Infrastructure" icon="server">
    Optimal execution nodes selected through multi-platform and multi-region stress testing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="High-Performance SDK" icon="code">
    Powered by our open-source async-hyperliquid SDK, reducing execution time from 1,000ms+ to microseconds.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Direct Integration" icon="plug">
    Native integration with Hyperliquid's order matching engine.
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## Optimized Infrastructure

To minimize network latency, we conducted extensive evaluations across multiple geographic regions and major cloud service platforms.

* **Multi-Region Testing**: We benchmarked various cloud providers, including AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure, measuring access latency to Hyperliquid's nodes from different global locations.
* **Top-Tier Selection**: After thousands of cross-regional stress tests, we selected the server configuration that delivers the fastest trade execution, ensuring maximum physical throughput and minimal hardware-level latency.

## High-Performance SDK

To achieve extreme execution efficiency, our team developed and open-sourced a high-performance SDK: **async-hyperliquid**.

* **Microsecond Performance**: Compared to the 1,000ms+ latency of the official SDK, we've improved order execution speed to the microsecond level.
* **Superior Throughput**: Concurrency capacity is approximately **15x** higher than the official SDK.
* **Advanced Order Support**: Native support for advanced order types, including **TP/SL (Take Profit/Stop Loss)** and **TWAP (Time-Weighted Average Price)**.
* **Full Protocol Support**: Comprehensive support for **HIP-3**.
* **Instant New Asset Support**: High-performance local caching with automatic updates for immediate support of new assets.

## SDK Performance Benchmarks

| Operation                   | Official SDK | Qubit Alpha     | Improvement |
| --------------------------- | ------------ | --------------- | ----------- |
| **State Retrieval (Read)**  | 9.99 req/s   | **156.1 req/s** | **\~15.6x** |
| **Order Execution (Write)** | 1.06 req/s   | **2.3 req/s**   | **\~2.2x**  |

## Performance Comparison

| Metric                   | Industry Standard | Qubit Alpha  | Improvement  |
| ------------------------ | ----------------- | ------------ | ------------ |
| Detection Latency (Read) | \~ 1,500ms        | **\~ 100ms** | **\~15x**    |
| Execution Time (Write)   | \~ 450ms          | **\~ 200ms** | **\~2x**     |
| Average Slippage         | 0.5% - 2%         | **\~ 0.1%**  | **5x - 20x** |

<Note>
  Speed is crucial for high-frequency strategies. For longer-term position trading, execution speed has less impact on overall returns.
</Note>