After our dive into the concept of database transactions, it's time to start looking at how they are implemented in a relational database system. Transactions ensure our database operations have atomicity and isolation which are crucial for maintaining the integrity and consistency of our data. Let's take it step by step.

In Python, we can simulate simple transactions using functions within a class. The purpose of the transaction function in this case, would be to group database operations into a single unit of work. Here, an operation could be a database READ/WRITE action. We take these actions and pair them along with a COMMIT or ROLLBACK action.

A COMMIT action would signify the end of a successful transaction and all changes made within the transaction would reflect in the database.

Contrarily, a ROLLBACK action comes into play when an operation within the transaction fails. In this case, we revert back to the state of the database before the transaction started. It's like the transaction never happened.

This approach ensures that either all database operations within a transaction are carried out successfully or none at all, thereby maintaining the atomicity of transactions. Remember, we also need to talk about the concurrency of transactions for completeness, however that's a topic for another day.

In the context of Software Engineering and Financial markets, transactions help us maintain consistency deep within our systems and ensuring no erroneous data corrupts the state of the system. Take this code snippet for instance, where we simulate these simple transactions in Python.

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if __name__ == "__main__":

  class Transaction:

    def __init__(self):

      self.operations = []

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    def add_operation(self, operation):

      self.operations.append(operation)

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    def execute_operations(self):

      try:

        for operation in self.operations:

          operation.execute()

        print('Commit')

      except:

        print('Rollback')

        for operation in self.operations:

          operation.rollback()

  print('Transactions executed')