Network optimization and state synchronization

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• a network interface;
• at least one processor configured to:
• receive, via the network interface, a request to implement a trading strategy;
• in response to the request, generate a plurality of trading processes in the memory to implement the strategy and generate one network optimization process in the memory to minimize network traffic caused by the trading processes and to synchronize order state information between the trading processes and a plurality of remote execution venues;
• and
• cause the network optimization process to periodically request trading instructions from the trading processes in a specific sequence that is based on a priority of each trading process and determine whether to forward a trading instruction to a remote execution venue or adjust at least one order already acknowledged by an execution venue in lieu of forwarding the trading instruction.