Case Study
FlexInvest
LabForty engineered and optimized a modern investing platform for FlexInvest — delivering a fast, secure and user‑friendly trading experience with margin trading, fractional shares and real‑time insights.
Overview
Founded in 2021, FlexInvest aims to make investing accessible, intuitive, and built for the next generation of investors. The platform combines modern design, real-time market data, and advanced technology to deliver a seamless user experience — from the first trade to building a long-term portfolio.
FlexInvest enables commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs, and fractional shares, along with extended market hours and margin access. Powered by an automated infrastructure and an intelligent risk management system, the platform ensures lightning-fast execution and complete cost transparency.
The company is operated by Investium Ltd., an investment firm licensed by the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC), ensuring full regulatory compliance and strong investor protection.
Quick Facts
- Client:
FlexInvest - Industry:
Finance / FinTech - Services:
Full‑cycle platform development, deployment & optimization - Website:
https://flexinvest.com/
Technologies
Challenge
The existing platform struggled to deliver the speed, scalability and reliability needed for a modern investing experience. Performance bottlenecks, plugin dependencies and limited caching slowed page loads and hampered real‑time trading across thousands of instruments. Maintaining regulatory compliance and a user‑friendly interface under high traffic required a comprehensive rebuild.
Solution
LabForty rebuilt the system on a modular Laravel 11 architecture, creating a secure, scalable foundation tailored for finance. The backend leverages Nginx with PHP‑FPM and Redis caching to deliver rapid order execution and data retrieval.
Brotli and ZIP compression with HTTP/2, automated CI/CD pipelines and Cloudflare edge caching ensure low‑latency content delivery and zero‑downtime releases. A redesigned front‑end, built with Tailwind CSS and Alpine.js, supports responsive trading, extended hours, free analyst ratings, fractional shares and a dynamic market news feed.
CDN caching, global edge routing and DDoS mitigation enhance availability, while monthly performance audits keep Core Web Vitals scores near the top of the industry. EU/US enterprise‑grade hosting ensures compliance and resilience. Continuous optimization maintains high uptime and fast page loads even under heavy trading volumes.
Results
99.99%
Uptime
0.8s
Average Load Time
99/100
Core Web Vitals Score