TRADING
The problem
A trading house with sixty open contracts in spreadsheets knows every deal and not the position. Exposure to a single counterparty, or an unmatched quantity across a back-to-back pair, only surfaces when something goes wrong.
Margin approval is the other control: without a threshold enforced at contract creation, a thin deal is discovered at settlement rather than declined at signing.
Core workflow
Opportunity to open position.
01
Counterparty
Approved, with a credit limit and history.
02
Price build
Cost, freight, finance and target margin.
03
Approval
Margin threshold enforced before signing.
04
Contract
Quantity, tolerance, Incoterm, pricing basis.
05
Matching
Buy linked to sell where back-to-back.
06
Position
Open exposure by product and counterparty.
What it covers
Contracts
Buy and sell contractsQuantity tolerance and optionsIncoterms and delivery basisPricing basis and periodsAmendments and audit trail
Position
Back-to-back matchingOpen and unmatched quantityProduct and grade positionCurrency positionDesk and trader position
Counterparty
Approval and KYC recordsCredit limits and utilisationPerformance and dispute historyContract templates by counterpartyExposure alerts
Connects with
Operational outcomes
Live
Position across open contracts
0
Contracts signed below margin floor
100%
Back-to-back pairs matched
At signing
Counterparty limit checked
Ranges observed on Al Jawad engagements. Targets agreed in assessment.