The Customer Technical Conformance Support Group (CTSG) provides a range of services and support to assist Member Developers (MDs), Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Quote Vendors (QVs) in their development and conformance to:
LIFFE CONNECT
TRS/TRAMP
Bclear
Conformance process for LIFFE CONNECT
Prior to use a new client application into production, it is mandatory to run a conformance process. This is to ensure that the application will not act in a way that will cause degradation to the market. This process, that can vary depending on the Product Release, contains different steps:
A Functional Conformance Test, including backward testing on existing functionality as well as testing on new features included in the Product Release
A Failure Conformance Test, aimed at validate the behavior of your application in case of a member or market outage
A Volume Test, to ensure that your client application can perform normal trading functions in case of a high market activity
Conformance process for Bclear
It is also required to run a conformance prior to use a new Bclear application into production. However, only a functional testing is required.
CTSG Test Environments
CTSG maintains different test environments that Developers can access to perform testing against the different versions of the API or the matching engines on all NYSE Liffe markets. They also offer full STP testing from Front to Back Office systems. These environments can be accessed either via VPN, dedicated leased lines or Member's live infrastructure. They are open during standard NYSE Liffe and Bclear trading hours.
For further information about these services as well as the conformance process, please visit Customer Technical Support Group (CTSG) and refer to CONNECT Technical Documents or Bclear.
The CTSG team can also be contacted via email at ctsg@nyx.com or at +44 00 207 655 7110.