OMS – Trading Platform Redesign
OMS is a professional trading system used by institutional investors in Borsa Istanbul’s bond market. The platform supports high-volume, fast-paced trading across eight financial sub-markets — including repo, reverse repo, and fixed-income instruments. Our goal was to redesign the platform to improve usability, reduce errors, and better support compliance requirements — all without disrupting real-time operations.
Status
Live
Client
Matriks
Service
FinTech / Trading Platform
Role
UX Designer & Front-End Developer
Tool
Figma, HTML/CSS, VSCode
The Challenge
The legacy system was powerful but overwhelming:
Disconnected workflows across sub-markets
Inconsistent UI components and dense data tables
No real-time feedback for regulatory compliance
Complex onboarding for new traders
Users needed a faster, clearer, and more flexible interface that matched the way they actually worked.
Research & Insights
We interviewed traders with different levels of experience, shadowed them during live sessions, and collected feedback from back-office and risk teams.
We also benchmarked competitors like Bloomberg, Refinitiv, and Murex to understand best practices in trading UI and compliance workflows.
Key Insights
Traders wanted a customizable layout
Errors often came from cluttered navigation and hidden validations
Compliance teams needed early visibility into trade constraints
My Design Process
Mapped journeys across all 8 sub-markets
Created wireframes to test layouts and flow logic
Developed high-fidelity prototypes simulating real-world bond trades
Conducted usability tests focusing on:
task completion speed
input accuracy
trader confidence
What We Improved
Modular Dashboard
Traders can drag-and-drop widgets and save layouts by role or session.
Smart Order Forms
Forms were redesigned with logical grouping, clear labels, and inline risk validations.
Visual Enhancements
We added color-coded indicators, hover-based tooltips, and real-time trade simulation.
Unified Design System
I built a consistent UI language that could scale across all sub-market operations.
Feature Highlight – Simulator Module
A key success was the trade simulator screen — allowing users to model bond transactions before execution. It used live data from the Ministry of Finance to calculate clean/dirty price, coupon rates, and settlement figures in real time.
Impact & Results
+40% increase in user retention after launch
Significant drop in errors and task times
Positive feedback from both traders and compliance officers
Actively used today in a live, regulated market by institutional traders
The OMS Manager Dashboard is a real-time web and mobile platform that allows institutions to manage investor orders, user permissions, and rule-based trading workflows. Designed for enterprise use in high-frequency financial markets, this dashboard enables fast, compliant, and intuitive control over market activities — from order approvals to risk monitoring and automation setup.