Category Archives: Trade Flow

Automated FpML Message Testing with JMeter

One of the ingredients of a successful messaging project is strong testing. However, the fluid nature of messaging projects means iteration after iteration of system releases. This presents a challenge for the testers and they need to run the tests … Continue reading

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Enterprise Integration Projects – How do I know when I’m done?

Being responsible for a large enterprise integration project brings with it an ominous set of challenges. If you’re project managing such an endeavour then you need to have a constant mind on how you can prove that your integration pieces … Continue reading

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Not modelling your workflow? Here there be monsters!

I wanted to share a recent project experience with you that further strengthened my belief that a picture paints a thousand words. It helped to identify the root cause of a show-stopping problem where other efforts to do so had … Continue reading

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Business Analyst’s Tools – Data Flow Model

In this article, I’m going to talk about a simple yet powerful tool that every Business Analyst should have in their arsenal – namely Data Flow Modelling (). Specifically, I’m going to talk about producing a tangible asset that can be … Continue reading

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Don’t dis the “As Is”!

So, your project has kicked off. It’s big. It’s strategic. A career maker. Your task? To design and implement a new strategic messaging platform to replace the existing legacy system. This constitutes a myriad of SQL scripts, staging tables, tactical … Continue reading

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Increasing STP Rates – The Fantastic Four

No exciting trips out and about were to be had for this blog entry. Just me, a keyboard and several cups of terrible coffee. My topic this time is Straight Through Processing (STP) and I thought we’d have a very … Continue reading

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10 Things You Never Wanted To Know About The Eurex 13 Clearing Feed

Here’s a handy list of quirks and gotchas you won’t find in the documentation for the Eurex 13 trade confirmation stream (): (1) When a trade is posted on a G1/G2 account (automated give-up), the trade confirmation message (000) will … Continue reading

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