Harriot Capital

What Harriot Capital does

Harriot Capital (operating as HARRIOT DMCC) is a privately held proprietary trading firm incorporated in Dubai's DMCC free zone in 2021. The firm trades its own capital across global derivatives markets, providing liquidity in futures, commodities, bullion (gold and silver), energy (across 20+ countries), and metals. It does not manage or custody assets on behalf of third parties; all revenue is generated from the firm's proprietary trading book rather than external management or performance fees.

The company operates a fully in-house technology stack centered on a Rust-based algorithmic trading platform with proprietary exchange gateway connectors built using low-level optimization techniques (cache-miss prevention, CPU-cycle efficiency). Multi-threaded server-side components and C++ algorithmic trading systems support quantitative strategies across the four trading verticals. A proprietary database records all trade executions for safety, transparency, and compliance. Teams are organized across Trading, Development, Support, and Business functions, with the website listing active hiring for senior gateway, backend, and development roles.

Harriot serves as a market maker and liquidity provider across major global exchanges rather than serving a defined external customer base. The firm positions itself as a high-performance proprietary trading shop, with an 11–50 person team representing 32 nationalities across 6 continents, and a stated 15+ years of senior trading experience. The website footer and copyright reference BHFT, indicating an apparent affiliation with the BHFT group. No revenue, AUM, capital base, regulatory registrations, or external investors are disclosed in available sources.

Name

Harriot Capital

Legal name

HARRIOT DMCC

Website

https://harriot-capital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Harriot Capital (HARRIOT DMCC) is a Dubai-based proprietary trading firm that deploys its own capital across global derivatives, bullion, energy, and metals markets using an in-house Rust-based algorithmic trading platform with no external clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Proprietary Algorithmic Trading

NAICS

Commodity Contracts Intermediation (523160), Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage (5231), Other Financial Investment Activities (5239), Commodity Contracts Intermediation (52316)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Commodity Contracts Brokers & Dealers (6221)

akta.pro primary industry

Managed Futures / CTA (Trend, Carry, Global Futures) (FSAHAEAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Hedge Funds — Commodity Systematic/CTA (Managed Futures) (FSAHAHAC)

Keywords

• Proprietary trading
• Algorithmic trading
• Derivatives trading
• Commodities trading
• Liquidity provision

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations

Revenue model

1. Proprietary Derivatives Trading: Generating returns through trading futures, commodities, bullion, energy, and metals derivatives using algorithmic trading strategies. The firm trades its own capital across global exchanges including activities spanning over 20 countries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Harriot Capital is a proprietary algorithmic trading firm that trades its own capital across global exchanges in derivatives, futures, commodities, bullion (gold and silver), energy, and metals. The firm operates as a market maker and liquidity provider, deploying in-house-built trading platforms developed in Rust and C++ with low-level optimization to execute quantitative strategies across more than 20 countries.

Product overview

Harriot Capital is a proprietary algorithmic trading firm offering a unified trading platform for derivatives, futures, and commodities. The company operates across four main trading verticals: the core Derivatives Trading Platform (algorithmic trading with quantitative strategies), Bullion Trading (physical gold and silver), Energy Trading (spanning 20+ countries), and Metals Trading. All software solutions are built entirely in-house with teams focused on Trading, Support, Development, and Business operations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Derivatives Trading Platform

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• IMC Financial Markets: Amsterdam-headquartered quantitative proprietary trading firm providing liquidity across global derivatives and commodities markets with low-latency technology stack; closely mirrors Harriot's stated model.
• Tower Research Capital: High-frequency algorithmic proprietary trading firm operating across global exchanges and asset classes with a strong focus on low-latency engineering (similar Rust/C++ emphasis); core competitor in HFT and electronic market making.
• XTX Markets: London-based algorithmic trading firm providing liquidity in equities, FX, commodities, and derivatives; comparable in its quantitative, technology-led, own-capital market-making model across asset classes.
• Susquehanna International Group (SIG): Privately held global proprietary trading and market-making firm trading across options, equities, and commodities on its own capital; comparable in scale and breadth to Harriot's algorithmic derivatives activity.
• Jump Trading: Chicago-based quantitative proprietary trading firm active in futures, options, equities and commodities worldwide with deep technology investment; direct competitor in algorithmic derivatives market making.
• Optiver: Global proprietary trading firm market-making across derivatives, futures and ETFs on major exchanges with strong in-house engineering; directly comparable model to Harriot's algorithmic liquidity provision across multiple asset classes.
• DRW Trading: Multi-strategy proprietary trading firm active across commodities, equities, and derivatives globally with proprietary technology; comparable in its diversified prop-trading vertical approach and own-capital model.
• BHFT (parent group entity): Per the website footer, Harriot Capital's branding and copyright sit under BHFT, making BHFT the closest direct peer — a global proprietary trading group employing similar algorithmic and high-frequency strategies across derivatives.

Broad incumbents

• Citadel Securities: One of the largest global market makers across equities, options, commodities, and futures with heavy investment in low-latency technology; broad incumbent competing with Harriot for derivatives liquidity share.
• Jane Street: Large global quantitative trading firm and market maker with significant algorithmic and HFT activity in derivatives and ETFs; broader footprint but overlapping product set with Harriot's algorithmic liquidity provision.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/harriot-capital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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