Customer Development Service

The Customer Development Service (CDS) is a fully functioning simulation of the Exchange's production environment against which our customers can run their Trading and Information applications.

Market activity is determined by the interaction between customers on the service. Exchange tools ensure that there is background activity in selected market segments, whilst a number of scripted scenarios allow our customers to follow pre defined marker actions. Customer specific instruments are also available if interaction with other customers is required.

All production market segments are supported on the CDS and constituents are regularly aligned with the live service.

CDS sessions can be pre-booked and allow access to the service for a full trading day with extended hours. End to end testing between the CDS and the CREST trial environment is also provided twice a year.

For those customers that test regularly or appreciate the convenience of uninterrupted access then a Continuous Access Service is offered as a cost effective and efficient means of testing.