A joint load testing of MICEX and RTS (FORTS) trading systems will take place on Saturday, September 17, 2011. The testing was approved by the users IT committees of the exchanges.
Such joint testing will allow trading participants and their clients to get more actual estimations of efficiency of their systems and connection channels when transactions number and intensity grow considerably.
The aim of this testing for the exchanges is an estimation of capacity and productivity of the trading and clearing systems core and also access servers of the exchanges and overall technical infrastructure including connection channels, clients access servers, software of Trading participants and end users applications. In addition, an operation testing of the Trading system prospective configuration and a detection of any potential weak places when the maximum load has been reached on the trading system and infrastructure of the Exchange and of the trading participants will be carried out during the testing.
We invite all Trading participants to participate in the testing and to connect their own software and hardware tools including internet trading systems, algo trading and high-frequency trading systems to the testing.
Creation of the technological infrastructure which satisfies the requirements to the technologies from modern investors is a challenge that must be met by joint efforts of the exchanges and market participants.
The exchanges recommend that all Market participants bring their connection channels and software and hardware means into accord with the MICEX and RTS recommendations.