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Position management for commodity derivative traders

Cloud-based trading and risk management platform for commodity derivatives desks

Unlike legacy CTRM platforms, which were built for back-office operations, not intraday decision-making, Loqsea was built for the front office, in real time. For traders, that means live position management, P&L, margin and exposure by book, recalculated as futures prices, curve shifts, FX and volatility move through the session, not once at the end of it.

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Why CTRMs fall short for trading teams

Three things that slow a desk down

Traditional CTRM platforms were built for back-office operations, not intraday decision-making, which is why P&L updates and exposure calculations lag exactly when speed matters most.

Built for the back office

Traditional CTRM platforms were built for back-office operations, not intraday decision-making, so P&L updates and exposure calculations lag exactly when the market is moving fastest.

The spreadsheet gap

Traders who rely on these systems resort to spreadsheets to fill the gap, which produces a fragmented workflow with inconsistent pricing and manual reconciliation.

Blind spots and breaks

In fast-moving markets like energy and metals, a trade that hasn't appeared in live risk yet is a blind spot, and a break found the next morning costs more to resolve than one found within the hour.

The platform

What real-time commodity derivatives risk management looks like

Legacy CTRM platforms were built for back-office operations, not the intraday decisions a trading desk makes all day, which is why so many desks end up patching the gap with spreadsheets. Loqsea closes that gap from inside the platform, not alongside it.

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Live Risk

Real-time exposure sliced by group, exchange or product, including delta, gamma, vega and theta on options positions, not one flat number for the whole book.

Statement Risk

The same view, calculated off the latest statement, so you can check today's position against where it settled.

Blotter and reconciliation

Manual entries and exchange trades in one grid, matched against broker and clearing statements from the same screen.

Margin across exchanges

Margin calculated across all major exchanges, including ICE, CME, LME and SGX.

"We have used Loqsea over the last five years or so. Having used several other risk systems, I can confidently say this is the best."

Trader, Sonas Commodities

Why Loqsea Technology

Discover why desks are replacing their legacy CTRM with Loqsea Technology.
Read our CTRM Alternative - Evaluation guide to find out more.

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Built to capture trades the moment they happen

The Loqsea connects directly to exchanges, brokers, clearing houses and execution platforms, so a new trade lands in your live risk the moment it fills, not after someone keys it in.

Built to recalculate P&L as the market moves

Futures prices, forwards, swaps, volatility, curve shifts, FX and basis moves each update your P&L as they happen, instead of waiting for a batch run to catch up.

Built for multiple books without a consolidation step

Every book sits in one platform, so exposure across multiple commodity types, exchanges and platforms is one number, not several assembled by hand.

Exchanges we cover

Connected across major all exchanges, including the ones your metals book is most likely to touch.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Loqsea captures trades automatically over FIX connectivity and updates position, profit and loss, and margin continuously through the trading session. Traders see the same number the desk is working from, rather than waiting for operations to confirm it or refreshing a spreadsheet.

Yes. Loqsea Technology is built to replace manual position tracking with automatic trade capture and live position, profit and loss, and margin views. This removes the formula errors, version control issues and reconciliation lag that come with running core trading operations on spreadsheets, and gives the desk one consistent view instead of several files updated by hand.

Loqsea Technology connects via FIX to exchanges including ICE, CME, LME, CBOT, EEX, EUREX, SGX and SHFE, covering energy, metals, agriculture and freight derivatives. The Margin module calculates margin for exchanges including ICE, CME, LME and SGX, so exposure and margin requirements are visible alongside position and P&L rather than pulled from a separate system.

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