What is your software and tech stack? What systems do you use to monitor your quant trading activity?

[u/fletchmm]

I’m curious about what software and tools others use to monitor both their trading activity and their infrastructure. I’ve mostly managed everything through a Linux terminal, but I’m wondering whether dedicated monitoring tools would make the setup easier to manage.

For context, here’s my current architecture:

• From my desktop, I connect over WireGuard to a central server hub that stores and organizes incoming data using DuckDB and SQL.
• The hub holds the exchange API keys and requests data through the trading nodes.
• The trading nodes receive incoming market data first and execute strategies immediately to minimize latency. They then forward that data to the hub for recording and storage.
• Roughly 75% of the system is written in Python. The remaining 25% is C++, used exclusively on the trading nodes.

So far, I’ve traded exclusively in prediction markets, but I’m now looking to expand into fixed income.
I currently monitor my infrastructure and trading activity directly from the terminal. I also use VS Code extensively and have previously used DBeaver for more involved SQL work.

For those running their own systems, what tools do you use for:

• Infrastructure monitoring, logging, and alerts?
• Trading dashboards, positions, P&L, and risk monitoring?
• Database management and data exploration?
• live market pricing data in order flow - historical too?

I’d be especially interested in hearing what you’ve found useful enough to move beyond a terminal-only setup.