JMP Securities LLC was using NYFIX as their trading platform. However, they wanted to deploy a new platform, Fidessa. As part of the deployment, it was required that Fidessa be connected to JMP’s clearing house, Ridge Clearing. Because this was the first time Fidessa would be connected to Ridge Clearing, there were no templates or models architecture to follow as blueprints. The strategy for deployment had to include trade compression to reduce the costs of clearing and update the trade reconciliation process to work with Ridge Clearing’s platform.