Overview
Relay Race Investments is a London-based fintech firm developing proprietary, event-driven strategies designed to systematically identify market inefficiencies and generate sustainable alpha. The company combines quantitative research with cutting-edge technology and data-driven modeling to deliver precise and repeatable trading outcomes.
Its investment approach integrates targeted stock-picking with nine event-based strategies spanning six types of corporate events — including earnings releases, management changes, mergers, capital raises, IPOs, and buybacks. The focus lies on U.S. small- and mid-cap equities with holding periods typically ranging from a few days to several weeks.
The company’s “relay race” concept treats stocks like runners — each captures its window of opportunity before passing the baton to the next. This dynamic rotation enables repeatable trading cycles with high liquidity, achieving an average annual return of approximately 70 % and a Sharpe ratio of 1.56. All strategies are executed via a fully automated, proprietary trading platform featuring real-time data processing and AI-driven optimization.
Quick Facts
Technologies
Laravel 11
Tailwind CSS
Alpine.js
Redis
Nginx
VPS
Cloudflare
GitHub
Challenge
The previous WordPress-based website began to encounter performance and scalability limitations as investor activity grew. Manual updates, plugin dependencies, and inconsistent caching gradually affected response times and maintenance efficiency. Ensuring compliance and security within the existing setup became increasingly challenging, influencing overall reliability and user confidence.
Solution
LabForty built the platform on Laravel 11, using a modular and scalable architecture optimized for high performance, security, and reliability.
The infrastructure is powered by Nginx, PHP-FPM, and Redis for intelligent caching, combined with Brotli compression and Cloudflare Edge Cache to ensure near-instant loading times and stable operation under any workload.
Additionally, CDN caching, automatic image optimization, and multi-layer DDoS protection provide high availability and real-time security. Hosting on EU-based servers ensures full GDPR compliance, low latency, and maximum reliability for the European audience.
