Special Projects: bespoke builds for commodity trading and risk
When a requirement falls outside off-the-shelf software, our team designs and delivers it. Vendor evaluations, automated hedging engines, PnL attribution, regulatory reporting and complex system integrations, built by practitioners who have run these systems inside the largest global trading houses.
Engineering for the problems no standard system solves
Commodity trading throws up requirements that no single platform was built to answer: a Matlab model that has outgrown its spreadsheet, a hedging book that needs to run itself, two acquired trading systems that must become one. Special Projects is where opsPhlo takes those problems on.
We combine deep domain knowledge across futures, options, FX, mark-to-market and treasury with the engineering depth to build, refactor and integrate at scale. The result is software fitted exactly to your trading model rather than the other way around.
A track record across trading, risk and treasury
A sample of the bespoke work our team has scoped, built and shipped for commodity traders, processors and risk managers.
CTRM vendor evaluation and infrastructure setup
Independent assessment of platforms including TPT, Openlink, Allegro, Eka, JustCommodities, TradePaq, Hivedome and Caja, with derivative trading infrastructure set up to match.
Hrvyst risk management SaaS refactor
Refactored a fully automated risk management and hedging solution for the US grains industry, improving reliability and the path to scale.
Post-acquisition systems integration
Led the integration of an acquired company's trading and risk systems for a major cocoa acquisition, unifying books and processes onto one operating model.
Daily book value and PnL attribution
Built a daily book value and PnL explained tool, so desks can see exactly what moved their numbers and why, day on day.
Matlab solution replacing Murex functions
Delivered a Matlab-based solution replicating selected Murex functionality, saving the client around one million dollars annually in licensing and run costs.
S&OP tool for cocoa products
Created a sales and operational planning tool for cocoa products, aligning demand, production and inventory across the chain.
In-memory analytics engine
Engineered an in-memory analytics engine for real-time risk management, putting position and exposure answers in front of traders instantly.
EMIR reporting straight-through processing
Built an EMIR reporting straight-through processing system, automating regulatory submissions and reducing manual handling and risk.
Global trading and risk reporting
Delivered a web-based global commodity trading and risk reporting system, giving leadership one consolidated view across desks and regions.
Automated currency hedging and treasury
Built an automated currency hedging and treasury application, alongside a Murex implementation for an Olam subsidiary, to run FX exposure with discipline.
From a hard problem to a working system
Every special project starts with people who understand the trade, not just the code. We scope the requirement against your desks, books and controls, agree a clear outcome, then build in tight increments so you see value early.
- Domain-led scoping across trading, risk, finance and treasury
- Independent vendor evaluation, with no platform agenda of our own
- Refactor, rebuild or integrate, whichever the situation truly needs
- Solutions that connect cleanly into opsPhlo and your wider estate
Practitioners first, engineers always
The same people behind opsPhlo's modular CTRM and ERP take on these bespoke builds, which means deep trading knowledge married to real engineering depth.
Built inside the largest trading houses
Years spent developing, implementing and using these systems on real desks, not from the outside looking in.
Vendor-neutral evaluation
We have assessed the major CTRM platforms in depth, so we can recommend the right fit and stand behind that advice.
Measurable commercial outcomes
Bespoke work that has saved clients in the order of one million dollars annually by replacing costly licensed functionality.
Designed to last
Solutions that integrate with opsPhlo and your existing estate, so a special project becomes a durable part of your operation.
Questions, answered
What counts as a special project?
Anything that falls outside standard configuration of opsPhlo: bespoke risk and hedging engines, PnL attribution and analytics tools, regulatory reporting automation, vendor evaluations, and the integration of trading and risk systems after an acquisition or migration.
Can you evaluate CTRM platforms we are considering?
Yes. We run independent CTRM vendor evaluations, having assessed platforms including TPT, Openlink, Allegro, Eka, JustCommodities, TradePaq, Hivedome and Caja, and can set up the supporting derivative trading infrastructure.
Do special projects have to run on opsPhlo?
No. We have refactored standalone SaaS, built Matlab and in-memory analytics solutions, and integrated third-party systems. Where it adds value, we connect the work cleanly into opsPhlo and your wider estate.
How do you scope and price a special project?
We start with a domain-led scoping session against your desks, books and controls, agree a clear outcome, then deliver in tight increments so you see value early. Get in touch and we will shape the right engagement with you.
Have a problem off-the-shelf software cannot solve?
Tell us what you are trying to build. Our practitioners will scope it with you and show you the fastest, lowest-risk path to a working system.