Adaptive | Pragma

Overview

Designed the Pragma trading surveillance and order management platform at Adaptive Financial Consulting. Created dashboards, alert workflows, dark/light theming, and client-facing views. Delivered detailed Zeplin specs and high-fidelity deliverables for engineering handoff.

Objectives

• Design a trading surveillance dashboard for monitoring order flow and execution quality
• Create alert detail workflows for investigating stuck child orders and FIX message timelines
• Support dark and light theming for extended trading desk use
• Deliver production-ready Zeplin specs and high-fidelity visual designs

Approach & Activities

• Mapped surveillance workflows from alert detection through investigation and resolution
• Designed wide-screen dashboard layouts optimized for multi-monitor trading desk setups
• Created alert detail views with timeline-based and grid-based investigation patterns
• Built dark and light theme variants to support user preference and ambient lighting conditions
• Delivered annotated Zeplin specs with component documentation for engineering

Challenges & Lessons

• Complex FIX message hierarchies required clear parent-child order visualization
• Dashboard had to surface actionable alerts without overwhelming traders with noise
• Multiple monitor configurations required flexible layout strategies

Impact