Zia User Tutorials

Let’s take a quick tour using a typical example of how the system might be used. In our example a trader buys a bond that is new to the system. The bond will be offered to both the retail sales force only.

Let’s take a quick tour from the view point of the rep. The desk steps are not show in this workflow.

Date & Time stamps use your server clock. Verify that your server clock is synchronized to an internet time server. Failure to do so may result in transmission errors or failures to/from ECNs and the Back Office connections.

Note: ZiaTrading calls the database getdate() function from your SQL server for time stamps.

The main screen that appears on startup of Zia Trading

Setting the system configuration

What are the steps to configure the main screen grid for a specific user?

What are the steps to configure the Trade Blotter grid for a specific user?

How can I change the security type of an item?

Here is how to set the calculation of a security to manual calculation for items that Zia will not calcuate.

This process facilitates the creation of mulitple maturities in a new syndicate and processes the 'buy in' trades. In addition you may offer the bonds before creating the trades. The examples and process shown herein are specific to Pershing correspondents.

How do I offer a bond to the sales reps that we own?

How do I offer a bond to the sales reps that we don't own?

How do I send an offering to a ECN?

How do I withdraw offerings ?

How do I create a trade for an item that I don't currently own.

How do I create a trade for an item that I already own.

How do I cancel or correct a trade and what happens when I do?

What is the proper method to cancel an ECN trade?

How do I cancel and correct step out or syndicate trades being sent to Pershing?

This is a method to move bonds between two trading accounts. This feature requires configuration by Zia.

The purpose of this function is to stop trades that violate trading account limit rules and allow an authorized user to handle those trades for further processing.

If you have a situation that requires that you see all the activity for a given CUISP, this function will provide that infomation.

What does the error in the End of Day log mean?

If you own a position that is going to be converted for secondary insurance, follow this procedure.

What are the steps to create a new Office?

What are the steps to create a new User?

How do I find all the customers assigned to a given rep?

What are the steps to create a new Office?

What are the steps to create a new trading account?

When a new trading account has been created as described in Part 1, you may configure additional features as shown herein.

How do I create a new customer in Zia?

Each year, the user must update the schedule of holidays used by Zia Trading. This holiday schedule determines, among other things, settlement dates and interest calculations.

What are the steps to search the customer file?

In order for ticket charges to appear on a trade, the Trade Charges table must be updated via Zia File Maintenance.

For an initial installation, you may wish to import your customer file. For Pershing users, be sure to provide Zia your three character 'office code' prefix.

Here's how to create a trade report for a specific user (rep), a bond or a combination of both.

How a rep can request a bond be circled, and if permitted convert that circle to an order.

How can you customize the web pages for the reps?

Following are the instructions to setup a client computer to allow execution of the Zia Trading application. There are instructions for both 64 and 32 bit computers.

What are the procedures if I suspect a Pershing connection problem?