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Market Surveillance Technology for Regulated Trading Venues

ADEX Technology provides market surveillance and monitoring infrastructure for regulated and institutional markets, supporting trade surveillance, order monitoring, audit trails, market abuse detection, regulatory reporting, reporting APIs and ope...

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Market oversight from order and trade events through alerts, audit records and reporting.

01Orders
02Trades
03Alerts
04Audit Trail
05Reporting API
06Regulator / Operator
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What Is Market Surveillance Technology?

Market surveillance technology monitors orders, trades and participant behaviour to identify unusual activity, potential abuse, rule breaches or disorderly market conditions.

It is a core part of exchange infrastructure because market integrity depends on more than execution and settlement. The venue must also monitor behaviour and maintain evidence for operators, compliance teams and regulators.

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Trade Surveillance

Trade surveillance examines executed trades, order activity, market data and participant behaviour. It helps identify potential patterns such as disorderly trading, unusual price movement, wash trading, spoofing, layering, abusive squeezes or manipulation of settlement values.

ADEX Technology supports the data and audit architecture required for effective surveillance across markets and products.

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Audit Trails

Audit trails are essential for regulated markets. Every order, amendment, cancellation, execution, risk action, administrative change and settlement event should be recorded.

A strong audit trail allows the venue to reconstruct market activity and provide evidence to regulators or internal compliance teams when required.

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Regulatory Reporting

Regulatory reporting depends on accurate data capture at source. ADEX Technology is designed to support reporting workflows by preserving the data required for order records, trade records, participant identifiers, timestamps, account structures, positions, margin, settlement and operational activity.

The exact reporting requirement will depend on the jurisdiction and asset class, but the infrastructure must be designed to support regulated operation from the outset.

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Surveillance and Regulatory Reporting API

Market surveillance and regulatory data should be available through authorised reporting APIs as well as user interfaces.

Depending on configuration, a surveillance reporting API may support:

A reporting API is important because regulated exchange infrastructure must support both human review and structured evidence production.

  • Order records
  • Trade records
  • User activity records
  • Market abuse alerts
  • Audit trail extracts
  • Participant activity records
  • Administrative action records
  • Risk event records
  • Settlement event records
  • Regulatory reporting files
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Exchange Monitoring

Market surveillance also includes operational monitoring of the venue. The exchange operator must be able to monitor system health, order flow, trade flow, participant connectivity, market data feeds, risk alerts, custody connections, settlement queues and system events.

This is particularly important for digital asset and twenty-four-hour markets, where operations cannot rely only on end-of-day controls.

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Digital Asset and Multi-Asset Surveillance

Digital asset, carbon, commodity and climate markets require surveillance models that understand the asset class. For example, digital asset markets may require wallet and custody awareness. Carbon markets may require registry and credit metadata. Deliverable futures may require monitoring of expiry concentration and delivery readiness.

ADEX Technology is designed to support market surveillance in multi-asset environments.

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Key Capabilities

  • Order monitoring
  • Trade surveillance
  • Market abuse detection support
  • Audit trails
  • Participant activity records
  • Operational monitoring
  • Regulatory reporting support
  • Surveillance reporting API
  • Risk event records
  • Settlement event records
  • Administrative action logs
  • Alerting and review workflows
  • Multi-asset monitoring
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Call to Action

To discuss market surveillance technology for your exchange or regulated trading venue, request information, book a demonstration or speak with ADEX Technology.

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Common Questions

What is market surveillance technology?

What is market surveillance technology is a core market surveillance concept in regulated exchange infrastructure. In ADEX Technology content, it is explained through architecture, workflow controls, risk implications, clearing or settlement dependencies, and the operational requirements needed for institutional markets.

Why do regulated exchanges need surveillance systems?

Why do regulated exchanges need surveillance systems is a core market surveillance concept in regulated exchange infrastructure. In ADEX Technology content, it is explained through architecture, workflow controls, risk implications, clearing or settlement dependencies, and the operational requirements needed for institutional markets.

What is market abuse monitoring?

What is market abuse monitoring is a core market surveillance concept in regulated exchange infrastructure. In ADEX Technology content, it is explained through architecture, workflow controls, risk implications, clearing or settlement dependencies, and the operational requirements needed for institutional markets.

What is an audit trail?

What is an audit trail is a core market surveillance concept in regulated exchange infrastructure. In ADEX Technology content, it is explained through architecture, workflow controls, risk implications, clearing or settlement dependencies, and the operational requirements needed for institutional markets.

How does surveillance technology monitor order book activity?

How does surveillance technology monitor order book activity is a core market surveillance concept in regulated exchange infrastructure. In ADEX Technology content, it is explained through architecture, workflow controls, risk implications, clearing or settlement dependencies, and the operational requirements needed for institutional markets.

How does surveillance technology support compliance teams?

How does surveillance technology support compliance teams is a core market surveillance concept in regulated exchange infrastructure. In ADEX Technology content, it is explained through architecture, workflow controls, risk implications, clearing or settlement dependencies, and the operational requirements needed for institutional markets.

What is trade reconstruction?

What is trade reconstruction is a core market surveillance concept in regulated exchange infrastructure. In ADEX Technology content, it is explained through architecture, workflow controls, risk implications, clearing or settlement dependencies, and the operational requirements needed for institutional markets.

How are alerts generated in market surveillance systems?

How are alerts generated in market surveillance systems is a core market surveillance concept in regulated exchange infrastructure. In ADEX Technology content, it is explained through architecture, workflow controls, risk implications, clearing or settlement dependencies, and the operational requirements needed for institutional markets.

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