Risk Administration

Risk Administration

Risk Administration Overview

The Setup application provides you with the ability to create SOD (start-of-day) records at the daily position reset time, and enables you to administer credit, SOD, and product margin for accounts and users in your company: The Setup application provides you with the ability to perform administrative tasks for managing risk. You can use the application to manage positions per account, set product margin at the company level, and upload data files for accounts and users in your company:

  • Position Management — Using the Accounts tab in the left navigation panel, you can enable settings to create SOD (start-of-day) records at the daily position reset time, or override the reset time with the exchange-specific reset time.
  • Product Margin — Using the Company Settings | Product Margin tab in the left navigation panel, you can set margin limits per company for each product and product type, with the exception of inter-product spreads/strategies that have legs in more than one product or product type.
  • Data File Uploads — Using the Data Uploads and Auto Uploads tabs in the left navigation panel, you can upload credit, SOD, and product margin files using the correct file layouts.