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Standard Contracts

 

Capture & analyse 100+ standard contract types.

Our Standard Contracts Solution

Whether you’re an energy producer, commodity trader, utility, financial institution, or integrated energy company, Lacima Analytics provides advanced tools for the capture, valuation, and risk analysis of a wide array of standard contract types. It’s purpose-built for energy and commodity markets with native support for over 100 standard financial contracts.

Whether you’re managing a small portfolio or a large, dynamic one, Lacima Analytics offers a variety of flexible options for inputting energy and commodity contracts. Input contracts manually for smaller portfolios, schedule CSV file imports for greater efficiency, or fully automate the process with API integration for complex portfolios and minimal manual intervention.

Manage standard and bespoke energy and commodity contracts with over 80 templates.
Capture and analyse over 80 different types of standard physical and financial energy and commodity contracts.

Standard Contracts Supported Include:

Options

Vanilla, Exotic, Cross-Asset, Energy, FX, IR, Commodity

  • American Option
  • American Swaption
  • Asian Collar
  • Asian Option
  • Basket Option
  • Calendar Spread Option
  • Cap
  • Clean Dark Spread Option
  • Clean Spark Spread Option
  • Collar (Hourly, Daily, Monthly)
  • Dark Spread Option
  • Equity Option
  • European Option
  • Financial Transmission Right (FTR) Option
  • Floor
  • Floortion
  • Foreign Exchange (FX) Forward Option
  • Futures Option
  • Heat Rate Option
  • Indexed Swing
  • Natural Gas Options
  • Options on Forwards
  • Options on Futures
  • Options on Spot
  • Participation Swap
  • Power Daily Option
  • Spark Spread Option
  • Spread Option
  • Strip of Options
  • Swaption
  • Vega Option
  • Volume-Triggered Cap
  • Volume-Triggered Floor

Swaps

Linear derivatives across asset classes

  • Averaging Swap
  • Basis Index Swap
  • Basis Swap
  • Clean Dark Spread Swap
  • Clean Spark Spread Swap
  • Commodity Swap (Fixed-Fixed)
  • Commodity Swap (Fixed-Float)
  • Commodity Swap (Float-Float)
  • Dark Spread Swap
  • Differential Swap
  • Double-Up Swap
  • Extendable Swap
  • Financial Transmission Right (FTR) – TRR
  • Heat Rate Swap
  • Index Swap
  • Indexed Load-Following Swap
  • Interest Rate Swap
  • Inter-Regional Swap
  • Natural Gas OTC Swap
  • Overnight Index Swap (OIS)
  • Swap
  • Total Return Swap
  • Variable-Volume Swap
  • Volume-Triggered Swap

Forwards & Futures

Linear, forward-looking instruments

  • Futures
  • ASX Futures
  • ASX Futures Option
  • Bank Bill Futures
  • CME Freight Futures
  • Commodity Futures
  • Coupon Bond Futures
  • Futures
  • Futures (Including Margining)
  • ICE Coal Futures
  • S&P/ASX 300 Index Futures
  • Forwards
  • Clean Dark Spread Forward
  • Clean Spark Spread Forward
  • Commodity Forward
  • Currency Forward / FX Forward
  • Dark Spread Forward
  • Foreign Exchange (FX) Forward
  • Forward
  • Forward Freight Agreement (FFA)
  • Forward Rate Agreement (FRA)
  • Forward Spread
  • Forward-like bespoke structures
  • Future Purchase Swap
  • Future Purchase Swaption

Spread, Spark, Dark & Heat-Rate Structures

  • Clean Dark Spread Forward
  • Clean Dark Spread Option
  • Clean Dark Spread Swap
  • Clean Spark Spread Forward
  • Clean Spark Spread Option
  • Clean Spark Spread Swap
  • Dark Spread Forward
  • Dark Spread Option
  • Dark Spread Swap
  • Heat Rate Option
  • Heat Rate Swap
  • Spark Spread Option
  • Spark Spread Swap

Structured & Exotic Payoffs

Non-vanilla, custom or hybrid structures

  • Averaging Swaption
  • Double-Up Swap
  • Extendable Swap
  • Indexed Swing
  • Load-Following Contracts
  • User-Defined Payoffs (Structured Transactions)
  • Variable-Volume Swap
  • Volume-Triggered Cap
  • Volume-Triggered Floor
  • Volume-Triggered Swap

Physical/Commercial Energy Contracts

  • Fixed Generation
  • Generation Sales
  • Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Deal
  • Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
  • Virtual Power Plant (VPP)

Insurance & Weather

  • Heating Degree Day (HDD) Swap
  • Outage Insurance
  • Weather Insurance

Other Financial Contracts

  • Certified Emission Reduction (CER)
  • Commodity Stock
  • Equity Stock
  • European Union Allowance (EUA)
  • Repurchase Agreement – Fixed Strike (Repo)
  • Revenue-Sharing Agreement
  • Transport Option

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