This document provides an overview of the 4XTRA product, and is intended to provide the reader with an understanding of the underlying concepts, methods and processes employed by the system in a front office trading environment. The following topics are covered:

Product Overview

Before proceeding with the rest of this document, the reader might like to become more familiar with the concepts behind the design and implementation of 4XTRA. A Product Overviewof the system, places the system within the trading environment, and deals with the scope of the and fundamentals of the product.

Functions and Methods

This section describes the functionality of the system and the underlying methods employed. The major processes and underlying mathematical calculations are detailed and where relevant examples and formulae are given.

Environment Overview

This section provides overview of the systems operating environment. A typical system configuration is illustrated and the basic hardware and software components are listed.

Software Environment

This section describes the various software components utilised by the system in some detail. The role played by the various components is detailed. Interfaces to other systems are also described.

Hardware Environment

This section details the hardware components and describes how they interrelate in the running of the system.

Reports

This section classifies the available system reports providing a description of each report and its purpose.

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