Introducing GrainTrack’s New Derivatives Dashboard: Complete Risk Management at Your Fingertips

GrainTrack’s new derivatives dashboard brings together all critical derivatives risk management tools in one interface, giving you the visibility and control you need to make informed trading decisions.

What’s New in the Dashboard

Derivatives P&L by Account and Business Unit

The centerpiece of our new dashboard is the comprehensive Position and P&L chart: open and matched derivatives with calculated P&L, including commissions.

You can now view your derivatives performance across multiple dimensions:

Account-Level Insights: Track profit and loss for individual trading accounts, making it easy to assess performance by trader, strategy, or market focus.

Business Unit Breakdown: Get a clear picture of how different divisions within your organization are performing. Whether you’re managing corn, wheat, soybeans, or other commodities, you can see exactly where your profits and losses are coming from.

The P&L data updates in real-time, so you’re always working with the most current information when making critical trading decisions.

Fixing Status and Management

Our new fixing module gives you complete visibility into your price fixing activities:

Current Fixing Status: See at a glance which contracts are fixed and which remain open to price risk. The dashboard clearly shows quantities, dates, and underlying commodities for all your fixing positions.

What’s Left to Fix: Never lose track of your exposure again. The dashboard highlights unfixed portions of your contracts, helping you prioritize your fixing activities based on market conditions and risk tolerance.

Enhanced Hedging Capabilities

The hedging section provides comprehensive oversight of your hedge positions:

Hedge Effectiveness: Monitor how well your hedges are performing against your physical positions.

Outstanding Hedges: View all active hedge positions with clear indicators of their current status, expiration dates, and effectiveness metrics.

Pricing and Balance Report

The pricing and balance report section provides comprehensive financial oversight:

Real-Time Position Balancing: Automatically reconcile your physical positions against your derivatives portfolio to identify any imbalances that need attention.

Risk Exposure Summary: Get a comprehensive view of your net risk exposure across all commodities and time periods.

Live Pricing Integration: Access real-time market prices for all your derivative instruments, with automatic mark-to-market calculations that update your P&L throughout the trading day.

Settlement Tracking: Monitor daily settlement prices and their impact on your positions, with clear visualization of price movements and their effect on your portfolio value.

Commission Fee Breakdown

Understanding your trading costs is crucial for accurate P&L calculation. The new dashboard provides detailed commission fee analysis:

Fee Structure Transparency: View the complete breakdown of commission fees for each trade, including:

• Exchange fees
• Clearing fees
• Regulatory fees (NFA, CFTC)
• Brokerage fees where applicable

Fee Comparison Tools: Compare commission costs across different brokers and execution venues to ensure you’re getting competitive rates.

Monthly and Annual Summaries: Access detailed reports showing commission trends over time, helping with budgeting and cost management decisions.

Why This Matters for Your Business

The derivatives market in agriculture is complex and fast-moving. Having scattered information across multiple systems creates blind spots that can be costly. GrainTrack’s integrated dashboard eliminates these gaps by bringing all your derivatives data into one place.

Better Decision Making: With complete visibility into your P&L, fixing status, and hedge effectiveness, you can make more informed decisions about when to enter or exit positions.

Cost Management: Understanding your true trading costs is essential for accurate P&L assessment and strategic decision-making.

Enhanced Transparency: The detailed commission breakdown helps you understand exactly where your trading costs are coming from and identify opportunities for optimization.

Looking Ahead

This dashboard represents just the beginning of our enhanced derivatives capabilities. We’re continuously working to add new features based on user feedback and market needs. Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to improve your trading experience.