What is a CTRM system?

A CTRM (commodity trading and risk management) system is the platform a trading business runs its book on. It captures physical and paper trades, values positions against market curves, tracks credit and market exposure, schedules and tracks cargoes, and settles the money — replacing the spreadsheet estate most desks accumulate. Octane covers that whole lifecycle in one audited platform.

How is Octane different from a spreadsheet-based trading operation?

A spreadsheet cannot tell you who changed a price, when, or on whose approval. Octane records every change as an immutable audit event, routes governed changes through maker-checker approval, and emits domain events so downstream modules react automatically. Position, risk and settlement all read from the same records, so the desk, the risk team and finance stop reconciling three versions of the truth.

Which commodities does Octane support?

Crude oil, refined products, natural gas and LNG, coal, and carbon credits — physical and paper, spot, term and master-contract structures. Units, quality specifications, conversion factors and pricing conventions are configured per commodity rather than hard-coded.

How is Octane licensed and priced?

Octane is licensed by package: Trade, Operate, Settle and Control, plus Advanced Analytics. Start with the one that matches how your desk works today and turn on another as the operation grows — the platform is one system, so adding a package unlocks modules rather than starting a migration. Advanced Analytics is charged separately because it carries its own data infrastructure. Founding clients get a free, customizable development application and a 30-day full-feature trial.

Can Octane run on our own infrastructure?

Yes. Octane runs as a browser application, as a mirrored desktop client for Windows, macOS and Linux, and can be deployed into your own cloud tenancy or data centre. It is a Java and PostgreSQL stack with no proprietary runtime dependency.

How long does implementation take?

Because reference data, permissions, approval workflows and even interface wording are configured rather than coded, a single-desk deployment is measured in weeks rather than the multi-year programmes this category is known for. Founding clients are onboarded alongside the team that builds the product.

Renewable fuels

Ethanol & biofuels trading software

Anhydrous and hydrous ethanol with purity specification, sustainability certification, blending terms and incoterms — certification travels with the trade, because without it the volume is worth a different price.

Units: m³ · MT Physical & paper

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The lifecycle

From capture to cash, on one record.

1
Capture

Grade, purity, certification scheme and blending terms.
2
Price

Index and contract pricing with certification premium.
3
Operate

Movement, blending and certification evidence.
4
Settle

Settlement on delivered volume and certified quality.

Built for this market

What you get for Biofuels & ethanol.

Configured for how this market actually trades — units, specifications, pricing conventions and settlement rules — rather than a generic template with the labels changed.

Grade & purity specification

Anhydrous and hydrous grades with purity held as governed specification.

Sustainability certification

Certification scheme carried on the trade and required as evidence before settlement.

Blending terms

Blend ratio and component economics measured against the sold specification.

Volume conversion

Cubic metres and tonnes converted on product density rather than a flat factor.

Contract coverage

Term and spot coverage with utilisation tracking.

Compliance evidence

Certification and compliance evidence attached to the deal record.

Before you ask

Questions we get from Biofuels & ethanol desks.

Is sustainability certification tracked?: Yes, as part of the trade record and as evidence required through the lifecycle, since an uncertified volume prices differently.

Also covered

Every market on one platform.

Desks rarely trade one thing. Each market below runs on its own rulebook inside the same system of record — so a crude cargo and a power block share governance without sharing assumptions.

Crude Oil Refined Products Natural Gas & LNG Power & Electricity Coal Carbon & Emissions NGL & Hydrocarbons Petrochemicals Biofuels & Ethanol Paper & Derivatives

See it with your Biofuels & ethanol book.

We configure the demo around your contracts, your curves and your counterparties — so you are looking at your own desk, not a sample one.

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