From manual Excel calculations to real-time price hedging

PROBLEM

• Strike calculation and market-data extraction relied on manual Excel processes, consuming valuable time and limiting responsiveness to the market.
• Manually balancing physical and financial positions raised the risk of pricing errors.
• The lack of a single tool made administrative oversight and real-time tracking of active agreements difficult.
• Dealers had no immediate visibility into prices and terms, and had to wait for email responses to get a quote or adjust their contracts — a critical delay in a highly volatile market.

SOLUTION

• Automated strike calculation that processes real-time market data and removes the manual Excel workload.
• A centralized market view to monitor futures prices and the key variables for contract valuation.
• A deal creation and approval flow, with a panel to track each contract's financial performance.
• An administration panel for Apis Point's hedges with banks, to manage risk professionally and transparently.
• A client interface with autonomous, instant quoting (Calls, Swaps, or Forwards) and digital logistics setup via an interactive map, where dealers pick terminals and set their own volumes.

RESULTS

• Manual Excel-based strike calculations eliminated, freeing the team's time for analysis and faster market response.
• Lower risk of pricing errors, thanks to an automated, standardized process.
• Instant quotes for dealers, no longer dependent on email, in a market that demands speed.
• Centralized, real-time visibility into Apis Point's contract and hedge portfolio.