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-# marketcetera
+# Marketcetera
+
+
+Marketcetera is an open-source algorithmic trading platform.
+It is designed to support low-latency, high-volume trading across computing clusters.
+
+
+First released in 2006, Marketcetera has been in continuous use for some of the world's largest trading operations for over 15 years.
+It has modules to run trading strategies, define parameters of risk, and provision and monitor distributed trading teams.
+
+
+## Get started
+
+Review the [documentation](`<DOCS_URL>`/) for the complete guides.
+
+To get started:
+
+1. [Install Marketcetera](`<DOCS_URL>`/docs/category/install). You can install with the pre-built binary, the official Docker container, or by building from source.
+1. Connect to Market data. The [Marketcetera API](https://repo.marketcetera.org/javadoc/4.0.2/platform/apidocs/) has a functional area to connect to a market data source.
+1. Write a [strategy](/docs/category/strategies) that listens to FIX messages and makes orders based on the conditions.
+1. Monitor your strategy and refine it.
+
+## Concepts
+
+- **Strategies.** Marketcetera can run any strategy that compiles to a Java Archive file.
+Thus, Java is an obvious choice of language to write the strategies in, but it is not the only.
+You also should be able to use one of the many to-Java transpilers to write strategies in the language of your choice.
+
+- **Monitoring**. As your strategies run, you can monitor the orders and FIX activity. Marketcetera has a built-in UI, [Photon](`<DOCS_URL>`/docs/install/photon), that reports messages and trades. You are also free to extend Marketcetera with the reporting tool of your design.
+
+- **Architecture**. Marketcetera is designed for low-latency trades and distributed systems. Most of the directories in this repository correspond to a designated function. To learn more about this, read the [Architecture docs](`<DOCS_URL>`/docs/category/architecture).
+
+## Contributors
+
+- Colin Duplantis, architect
+- [Matt Dodson](https://wellshapedwords.com), technical writing
+- [Yesica Torrico](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yesica-t-uxui/), UX/UI design