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I can imagine people or companies can use this API to check their own functions in test cases. Example - you have tons of deals and at the end of the day it wou

I can imagine people or companies can use this API to check their own functions in test cases. Example - you have tons of deals and at the end of the day it would be interesting to doublecheck daily P&L. But I believe this business doesn't trust anybody but well-known players or experts. Also the time is essential so they will prefer a local library. And again, the security can prohibit external APIs. I don't discourage your work though, perhaps it is a step to your personal success, who knows.

melenaboija 9y ago
Thanks for your comment. I agree with most of what you said: "I can imagine people or companies can use this API to check their own functions in test cases" Testing is one good application. "But I believe this business doesn't trust anybody but well-known players or experts" Take a look to the community mantaining quantlib. "Also the time is essential so they will prefer a local library" How long does it take to financial institutions to test all valuations for each modification to "local libraries"? Using external services could avoid that. This is not going to be the one, but it would be just a matter of resources to improve performance(ie big data platform for risk simulations) "And again, the security can prohibit external APIs" Why do banks rely on RSA for payment transactions but don't do it for other purposes? "I don't discourage your work though, perhaps it is a step to your personal success, who knows" Already did, I learned and enjoyed doing it :)
- thomaspaine 9y ago
  As someone who works in a bank, if I sent trading data off to an external service I'd be fired almost immediately. Even things like pretty printing services are monitored and blocked.
  - melenaboija 9y ago
    Totally agree, but they would not fire you if you price a bond in Bloomberg. I guess is more something about who the banks trust, which is a closed set of actors that does not seem to change (again, I'm not saying anyone has to trust with this, but maybe something will change some day)

melenaboija 9y ago

Thanks for your comment. I agree with most of what you said: "I can imagine people or companies can use this API to check their own functions in test cases" Testing is one good application. "But I believe this business doesn't trust anybody but well-known players or experts" Take a look to the community mantaining quantlib. "Also the time is essential so they will prefer a local library" How long does it take to financial institutions to test all valuations for each modification to "local libraries"? Using external services could avoid that. This is not going to be the one, but it would be just a matter of resources to improve performance(ie big data platform for risk simulations) "And again, the security can prohibit external APIs" Why do banks rely on RSA for payment transactions but don't do it for other purposes? "I don't discourage your work though, perhaps it is a step to your personal success, who knows" Already did, I learned and enjoyed doing it :)

thomaspaine 9y ago
As someone who works in a bank, if I sent trading data off to an external service I'd be fired almost immediately. Even things like pretty printing services are monitored and blocked.
- melenaboija 9y ago
  Totally agree, but they would not fire you if you price a bond in Bloomberg. I guess is more something about who the banks trust, which is a closed set of actors that does not seem to change (again, I'm not saying anyone has to trust with this, but maybe something will change some day)