the next generation of testing tools for exchanges
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The Next Generation of Testing Tools for Exchanges
Iosif Itkin Exactpro Systems 24 March 2015
Test Tools Typology
• Connectivity Testing
• Test Automation
• Load Testing
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Generic Test Tools
• No Connectivity Layer
• No Session Layer
• No Framework for Messages
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Trading Test Tool
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Test Tools Evolution
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Passive Testing – investigating the behavior of a system without affecting its operations
Generic
Trading
+Passive
Passive Testing
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Test Tools Evolution
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Passive Testing – invaluable for Client
onboarding and certification
Generic
Trading
+Passive
Ideal Passive Testing Tool
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Production Monitoring System
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Ideal Active Testing Tool
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Production Algo Trading Engine
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Test Tools Evolution
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Testing at the
Confluence of Functional and Non-Functional
Generic
Trading
+Passive
Production
Test Tools Evolution
Generic
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Trading
+Passive
Production
Mutated and Deformed
NextGeneration
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Human Intelligence is Still Required
Build Software to Test Software
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ClearTH:• Post-Trade testing tool• Verifies each stage of the DLC• Integrated schedule• Automated matrices• Can create multiple days test scenarios• Concurrent multiple tests• Integrated simulators• SWIFT ISO protocol support
Minirobots:• Executes multithreaded java code• Complexity of test algorithms is defined by the test developer• Supports multiple client fix connections, order entry and market data via FIX• Can use GUI to iterate through sent and received messages
Dolphin:• Model-based testing of market surveillance systems• Production-scale capacity and throughput• Interactive real-time alerts and reports
Shsha:• Post-transactional tool• Analyzes clients' activity and forecasts system response • Parses and displays logs in a user-friendly way• Parses messages and then puts each to a data base table where each column corresponds to each message field• Allows making summarized reports, etc• Easy to understand GUI
Load Injector:• Simulates multiple client connections with a specified load shape for each connection or a group of connections• Up to 75K messages / second from a single CPU core• Measures latencies in microsecond range• Performance test reports
Sailfish:• Can test Order Entry, Market Data and Post Trade connections in one test scenario• Each test scenario is independent• Allows running test scripts in any sequence• Simulation of multiple user connections• Server simulators• All messages are stored into a data base• Generates test reports
Thank You
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