Interview written by Dr. Gary M. Vasey, at Commodity Technology Advisory.
Recently, Chris Jones reached out to ComTech to tell us more about his company, Trinitatum. As it turned out, Trinitatum delivers purpose-built test automation for trading and risk management platforms, with proven expertise in Endur, Findur and Allegro, so we arranged a briefing. I spoke with Chris and Steve Baker recently to learn more about the company and its business.
Trinitatum is around 50 people strong, with most staff based in and around London. However, Chris told me the company also began hiring in the US in November 2025 and now has around half a dozen people in North America. The business was founded after Steve identified the need for repeatable automated testing for highly complex platforms such as ION’s OpenLink and Allegro, and it has grown steadily since.
Today, its primary focus is productising its regression testing capabilities through a product called Triangle. Triangle is a domain-specific language (DSL)-based test automation platform purpose-built for trading systems, Steve explained. “Users write tests in Endur or Allegro terminology with auto-complete, and Triangle executes them via the platform’s API,” he said. Tests cover trade booking, invoicing, confirmations, valuations and result assertions, and can be scheduled to run nightly so that failures are identified the morning after a system change.
For new implementations, Triangle builds a complete automated test suite from scratch. One customer preparing for go-live currently has around 40,000 tests running every night. For existing production systems, Triangle can dynamically generate tests unique to a client’s configuration—including counterparties, templates and static data—providing broad test coverage from day one without extensive manual test creation. However, Steve believes the larger opportunity lies in regression testing, where customers compare outputs before and after an upgrade. In one example, a Swiss bank identified a production bug by early afternoon on the first day of testing.
Triangle currently supports Endur, Findur and Allegro. There is also a version developed for PlanLogic EOS, although this remains a customer-specific implementation rather than part of the standard product. Nevertheless, it demonstrates that the Triangle approach can be extended to other CTRM and commodity management platforms.
Trinitatum sells directly to end users but is also increasingly working through consulting partners that include Triangle as part of their implementation proposals. “In some cases being incorporated as part of wider transformation proposals across multiple bidders for the same RFP,” Steve told me.
The company’s North American expansion is also partnership-led, leveraging the established customer relationships of consulting firms. The US team includes new hires as well as an experienced Triangle user and a transfer from the UK.
Having recently published our CTRM software pricing white paper, I was interested to learn how Triangle is licensed. Unsurprisingly, Trinitatum moved away from perpetual licensing in February/March 2025 in favour of an annual subscription with support and maintenance. Pricing is based on each production Endur instance rather than user numbers or test volumes, while covering unlimited pre-production environments and users.
For existing customers, a typical implementation lasts two to three months. Trinitatum deploys its pre-built test library, performs light customisation, trains customer staff or their preferred systems integrator, and then hands over a solution that can be run weekly (or daily/overnight) by the client. Triangle currently supports Endur versions V14 through to V26. Patches do not require a new Triangle release, with only major Endur upgrades requiring platform updates.
Chris and Steve also explained that new functionality developed for a customer becomes Trinitatum intellectual property and is incorporated into the standard product for all customers, funded through ongoing support and maintenance.
Highly customised Endur implementations are not viewed as a barrier. Every client claims theirs is the most customised, and the goal is to achieve around eighty per cent automated coverage quickly; the remaining twenty per cent varies according to the quality and uniqueness of each implementation.
Looking ahead, the company’s strategy remains firmly focused on productising and expanding its regression testing offering, supported by its recently completed ISO 27001 certification. While support for additional platforms is under consideration, both Steve and Chris believe there is still considerable opportunity within the existing Endur, Findur and Allegro market before broadening the platform footprint.