Integrate pricing into the platform's instrument model, administrative controls and operational workflow.
Decide which system owns symbol definitions, digits, sessions and contract parameters. Feed ingestion should validate this configuration boundary rather than silently altering platform settings when a source catalogue changes.
Test quotes in the terminal, chart history and risk or dealing components that consume them. Include permission changes, closed sessions and restart recovery; successful transport alone does not establish an accepted platform integration.
Bring the proposed instrument list, source documentation and consumer workflow to a technical discussion. The agreed integration specification defines coverage, fields, usage permissions and acceptance tests.
| Instrument scope | Identify the exact underlying, source identifier, quote currency and intended use. |
|---|---|
| Consumer workflow | List trading platforms, charts, risk tools and applications that need the output. |
| Delivery contract | Agree protocol, quote fields, timestamps, source status and recovery behaviour. |
| Production review | Confirm source rights, integration ownership, test evidence and commercial scope. |
For your instrument universe, define who consumes the prices and what each system needs to reconstruct a usable quote. An application dashboard, broker platform and historical process can require different delivery rules even when they share one normalized instrument model.