Trade Sources

Having difficulty collecting all the information required to do margin calculations in the proper place?

ShadowMargin consumes data for margin calculations from many sources, calculates the required margin information and publishes it to any destination.

• • Front-end Trading Systems
• • Proprietary Middle-office
• • Proprietary Back-office
• • ShadowSuite
• • Data Warehouse

Connectivity

ShadowMargin supports connectivity with external systems using numerous methods.

• • IBM Websphere MQ Series
• • MSMQ
• • Web Services
• • Files
• • Vendor API

ShadowMargin

ShadowMargin provides a complete solution for Strategy-Based margin processing. ShadowMargin will perform computations and generate calls, end-of-day numbers and reporting. ShadowMargin supports margin calls for Reg-T, Money Due, Required Maintenance, Concentrated Maintenance and Equity Maintenance. All aspects of ShadowMargin are designed for full transparency and configurability, including custom rates and levels, allowing or disallowing optimizations and types and time span for each margin call.

• General Features
  • • Multi-currency
  • • Real-time Processing
  • • Configurability
  • • Full Audit Trail
  • • Highly Scalable
  • • What if Scenarios
• Instrument Coverage
  • • Foreign Exchange
  • • Corporate Bonds
  • • Exempt Debt Securities
  • • Futures
  • • Options
  • • Equity
  • • Convertible Bonds
• Computation Engine
  • • Lowest Margin
  • • Options Optimizations
  • • Concentrations
  • • Special Memorandum Account
  • • Margin Calls / Extensions
  • • Day Trading Margin

Processing Systems

Having trouble feeding downstream systems with margin information?

ShadowMargin can publish margin information to as many downstream systems as you would like.

• • Proprietary Middle-office
• • Proprietary Back-office
• • ShadowSuite
• • Data Warehouse
• • Reporting
• • Compliance