On Feb. 25, ASX planned first industry wide test for service release 15.
ASX will conduct first of three industry wide test (IWT) events for Service release 15 (SR15); all trading participants are expected to participate in this test.
Published release gave details on registration; declaration; test availability, conditions.
Industry Wide Test Events
During each IWT event, ASX will run all session states on a compressed schedule.
Testing include new session states, new trade report codes, FIX drop copy service; simulation of opening single price auction for selected securities, late closing auctions.
All trading participants are being requested to take part in the events, while vendors and approved market operators (AMOs) are being strongly encouraged to join too.
Trading participants must attest they can connect and process new functionalities.
Test environment will restore good to cancel/good to date orders, cancel undisclosed, iceberg orders; limited to ASX trade connections only, with no CHESS/signal B access.
The system will rollback following testing, ensuring a normal open on Apr. 14, 2025; participants should remove Apr. 12 transactions from their applications after the test.
Post-test, participants must confirm test status to customer technical support (CTS) by 1pm AEST on Apr. 12, 2025, submit the attestation form by 2pm on May 10, 2025.
Effectiveness
Registrations regarding IWT1 must be submitted to ASX CTS by Apr. 4, 2025.
The three scheduled IWT dates are as follows: Apr. 12, 2025 (IWT1), May 3, 2025 (IWT2 - ASX BCP weekend), and May 10, 2025 (IWT3 - go-live readiness).
