Real-time market intelligence with actionable insights

The Sparta platform is built by traders, for traders. We’ve created the first and only all-in-one pricing, forecasting and live intelligence platform to deliver actionable, tradable market insights. With the Sparta platform you trade with clarity and conviction.

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Forward-looking intelligence

Historical trading prices only tell you part of the story. What’s more important is what’s likely to happen next. Sparta is the only forward-looking trading platform that focuses on outcomes, not just raw prices, analysing and interpreting data to generate actionable intelligence in real time.

Market-specific products

Too much irrelevant data prevents you from focusing on your chosen market. Sparta is built on a per-product basis, so each new release is designed specifically around the needs for that market. We provide the specific data and tools needed to work within your product, all under one platform.

Measurable ROI

Sparta outputs actionable intelligence, and you can directly attribute revenue to the opportunities the platform presents to you, giving you a measurable ROI on your subscription fee.

Act on trading opportunities with speed and confidence

The Sparta platform has been designed to solve common problems for traders. We know that being the first to identify and capture trading opportunities is made more difficult by large volumes of irrelevant data. We know that you spend too much time finding, processing, and analysing historical data that tells you what’s already happened, but not what’s likely to happen next. That’s why Sparta provides high-quality, relevant, real-time insights that enable traders to capture opportunities before the competition.

Outpace the competition and seize opportunities

By sourcing, processing and analysing market data for you, Sparta completely eliminates the need for time-consuming data management. Instead of importing and formatting data, you can quickly spot market trends, identify trading opportunities, and act before your competitors are even aware of the opportunity. We do this through market-leading data aggregation, supplying you with instant and up-to-date price discovery so you can scout global opportunities in real time.

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Clarity to trade with confidence

With so much data available, how do you know which data sources are reliable and trustworthy? Smaller trading organisations or those looking to operate in new regions often show indecision simply because they’re not sure which data to base their trading decisions on. Sparta sources and cleans high-quality data from world-leading brokerages and data houses for you, giving you reliable insights on demand.

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Go beyond price and understand potential value

Sparta analyses and interprets pricing data for you, and generates real-time actionable intelligence to ensure you understand what’s happened, why, and what’s likely to happen next. Sparta calculates and uncovers the story behind each price so you can immediately know if a price is under or overvalued. You can then stress-test your assumptions and analyse results in context with historical prices. Sparta makes it easier for you to anticipate market trends and trade with confidence.

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Unbeatable market coverage

Traders need relevant intelligence about the product they are trading, as each product has its own specific set of attributes that require specialised data and tools. Sparta is built on a per-product basis, so each new release is designed specifically around the needs of that market. We provide the specific data and tools needed to work within your product, all under one convenient platform.

Gasoline

Sparta’s physical gasoline market information, combined with industry-leading live blending and clean freight models, delivers live, forward-looking insight into global trade flows and trends for the gasoline market.

Distillate

Sparta’s physical distillate market information, industry-leading forward-looking arbitrage, and streamlined freight models deliver insights into global trade flows and trends for the distillate market.

Naphtha

Sparta’s physical naphtha market information, including industry-leading, forward-looking arbitrage and clean freight models, deliver insights into global market impacts and trends.

Crude

Instantly determine the best crude for each refinery type and anticipate global trade flows by comparing the GPWs of different grades across regions in real time.

LNG

Coming soon: our LNG-dedicated product offering Live Curves, Global ARBs and Freight Calculator specific to the LNG market.

Fuel Oil

Due for take-off soon: Sparta’s product for fuel oil traders, offering relevant Live Curves, Global ARBs and Freight Calculator.

LPG

Register your interest in our upcoming LPG product, providing LPG traders with dedicated Live Curves, Global ARBs and Freight Calculator.

Freight

Register your interest in our upcoming freight vertical. Providing cross-barrel actionable insights driven by Sparta’s industry-leading Global ARBs for unmatched trade and vessel positioning.

Your complete pricing suite to identify trading opportunities

The Sparta platform is your one-stop-shop for data aggregation, expert analytics, and idea generation. Our features and solutions enable traders to identify the gap between price and value.

Real-time global pricing information – futures, swaps, physical and freight – at your fingertips

Live Curves gives you real-time global pricing information at your fingertips including futures, swaps, physical and freight, so you never have to chase data again. Access real-time prices for the futures market across Brent, WTI, gasoil, heating oil and gasoline future contracts. Compare, contrast and analyse historical seasonal pricing trends to identify new patterns and opportunities with access to historical forward prices. Sparta gives you access to all curves, from all regions, in one view. Accessible from anywhere in the world via a web browser, Sparta’s mobile iOS application, or Excel.

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Instant access to reliable and forward freight rates

Sparta’s Freight Calculator delivers instant access to reliable prompt and forward freight rates for over 2,000 global routes across vessel classes. By using spot market assessments in combination with historical data and extrapolation, we provide immediate access to current market-assessed prices while also providing insight into what the forward market may look like. Sparta is the only provider to offer 12 months’ insight into the forward market, helping you to negotiate better freight rates by aligning shipping costs with market trends.

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Anticipate global trade flows through live arbitrage calculations

Sparta Global ARBs lets you gain strategic insights into market trends to anticipate global demand and trade flows. Access real-time insights to analyse how arbitrage opportunities evolve over time so you capture tradeable opportunities before your competition. Our forward-looking perspective on physical commodity flows enables you to anticipate market movements and trade with conviction. Always have the intelligence you need to stay ahead of the market, negotiate better prices with suppliers, and immediately evaluate trading opportunities.

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Live price discovery of prompt and forward global blend values

Benefit from unparalleled insights into the world’s gasoline blending regions: ARA, Houston, Singapore and AG, including prompt and forward blend values. Our Custom Blender enables you to build and assess your custom blends to maintain your competitive advantage, or create stress-test scenarios. Get the power of gasoline price discovery to better understand the market, be more effective in negotiations, and run sensitivity analysis to get the maximum price when selling your components.

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Instantly compare grades across regions

Sparta’s Forward Refined Margins enables you to instantly determine the best crude for each refinery type and anticipate global trade flows by comparing the GPWs of different grades across regions – all in real time. We give you accurate GPW calculations across a range of representative refinery regions and setup types to provide a global picture of relative crude GPW values.

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Sparta for Excel: Sparta's forward pricing live in Excel

Gain real-time access to all global pricing information for swaps, futures, physical premiums, and freight directly in Excel. Our Excel add-in enables you to export portfolios and products directly to Excel from Sparta’s Live Curves with just a few clicks, empowering you to perform in-depth analyses, create dynamic charts, and implement bespoke trading models effortlessly. The Sparta for Excel add-in is directly available from the Microsoft Store, ensuring a secure and seamless installation.

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