Esprow launches ETP GSP, a package of pre-built FIX simulators for global markets
ETP GSP, the Global Simulators Pack, comprises 60 FIX simulators for global venues.
New York, April 2nd, 2018 – Esprow LLC, a global provider of enterprise testing technology for the financial
markets, announces the launch of ETP GSP, its Global Simulators Pack, to enable market
participants to test their FIX connectivity to trading venues independently from the testing environment
provided by the venues themselves.
Market participants in all tiers and across roles, including banks, brokers, and vendors, constantly need access
to testing environments provided by FIX trading venues. Oftentimes, access is only available at certain times of
the day and in faraway time zones. It might also require payment of charges to access it, while participants
usually have no control on the environment itself if they need to test edge-case scenarios.
ETP GSP is a package of 60 pre-built FIX simulators for markets across North America, EMEA, and
APAC. Each simulator supports several pre-built test scenarios, like order entry, amendment, cancellation,
status, partial and full fills, rejections, race conditions, and so on – including positive and negative cases.
Simulators can be modified and enhanced by users to add new scenarios that cover edge-cases or specific trading
phases, like opening and closing auctions.
Further, each simulator is aware of the venue’s rules of engagement, so it follows the venue’s behavior, and it
checks the presence of required and custom tags, groups, messages, conditional tags, and the syntax of values.
Simulators can be run from a PC or deployed on a server, and each one supports both single and concurrent FIX
sessions. Simulators are built using Esprow’s ETP Studio design environment, so they are easy
to understand, maintain, and enhance, by technical and non-technical users.
Francesco Lo Conte, Managing Director at Esprow said, “ETP GSP is a valuable addition to our existing set of FIX
testing tools. It provides users of our platform with a big head start in implementing simulation of global FIX
venues. They can pick and choose the markets they need and build functionality upon them. ETP GSP has been
developed in cooperation with our clients and provides them with a 24/7 testing environment that was not
previously available.” He added “Our ETP technology also supports binary exchange protocols, so we will soon be
looking to provide the same pre-built simulators for binary trading venues too.”
About Esprow
Esprow is a global technology firm specializing in automated testing, on-boarding and simulation solutions for
the financial services community. Esprow provides implementation, customization, integration, training and
professional services for its Enterprise Testing Platform suite of products.
About Esprow’s Enterprise Testing Platform (Esprow ETP)
Esprow ETP automates testing, simulation and certification of trading components across a wide range of financial
messaging protocols, including FIX. Launched in 2012, Esprow ETP is an integrated testing framework that
addresses the requirements and challenges of the development, QA and risk management departments. ETP is quickly
grabbing the attention of the industry’s most forward-looking players aiming to automate testing, reduce
technology risk, and comply with global regulations for testing of trading systems and algorithmic trading
strategies.
For further information, please contact:
Esprow Sales Team
Tel: +1 (347)-255-7798
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For more information about Esprow and Esprow ETP, visit www.esprow.com