Pricing, news, and data-driven insight — plus live arbitrage signals and blend margins, in one place, for your whole desk. The full trading solution.
Be the first to move
See the trade before the market does, with live arbs, freight shifts, and blend margins that signal dislocations in real time.
Spot opportunities
Your signal feed for the market’s next move, from over/undervaluation scores to freight and arb dislocations, all live and structured for instant action.
Align and control your view
Work from the same live models, curves, and assumptions, tailored your way. Adjust inputs and see the impact on refining margins, blends, and arbs, updated instantly across your desk.
Live, structured forecasts for arbs, freight, and blend margins — so you see the trade before the market does. Test scenarios in seconds. Get AI-powered trading signals and forward-looking market insights.
What desks like yours say
“It’s like having a radar. You still fly the plane, but you see the storm before it hits.”
Distillates Trader at oil major
“Sparta paid for itself within the first 24 hours.”
Cross-barrel Physical Trader at mid-sized energy company
“I haven’t seen any other platform that does what Sparta does, at this level of detail and simplicity. If there’s a competitor, I haven’t found it.”
Distillates Trader at oil major
“Please don’t share Sparta with anyone else.”
Freight Analyst at integrated energy company
From live market views to forward-looking signals, everything your team needs to see the trade first, in one place. Live, structured, and built for action.
Live arb tracking into pricing centres
Instantly see where the arb is open or closed, with live, structured data feeding into your key pricing hubs.
Real-time blend margin models (prompt and forward)
Spot profitable blends before the market does — with forward and prompt models updating as the market moves.
Daily and weekly bullish/bearish calls
Clear directional calls across the barrel so you can see momentum shifts and market turns early.
Crude and freight over/undervaluation scores
Live view of which grades and routes are overpriced or underpriced — and by how much.
Freight cost tracking and CPP sentiment heatmap for demand shifts
Track route costs alongside a live CPP sentiment heatmap to spot demand shifts early — and anticipate impacts on flows, arbs, and margins.
Scenario testing in seconds
Run blends, arbs, and what-if scenarios instantly — so you can stress test your strategy in real time.
Your expert, on call
Direct access to Sparta’s commodity specialists for market context, assumption checks, and trading validation.
Full workflow integration
Excel integration, mobile app and API connectivity — your signals, live and aligned, wherever your desk works.
Unlock hidden P&L — trade opportunities that others miss, worth millions per desk
Predictive, not reactive — trade before the move happens
No one else delivers live, structured forecasts for arbs, freight, and blend margins
| Features |
 Sparta Curves
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 Sparta Knowledge
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Sparta Intelligence
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|---|---|---|---|
| Prices — spot and historical forward curves (physical, futures, swaps, freight) | true | true | true |
| Custom and derived curves | true | true | true |
| Curve and portfolio sharing | true | true | true |
| Forward-looking freight rate calculator | true | true | true |
| Excel integration/Mobile App | true | true | true |
| Curated commodity news feed | true | true | |
| Daily/Weekly expert market commentary | true | true | |
| Access to Sparta’s experts and analysts | true | true | |
| PRA Assessments | true | true | |
| Forward-looking arbitrage and trade flows | true | ||
| Gasoline and FO Blenders | true | ||
| Signal dashboards | true | ||
| Forward refined margins | true | ||
| API access — your data (portfolios, custom curves) | true | true | true |
| Data feed — Sparta Data Marketplace | Additional fees | Additional fees | Additional fees |
Crude Signals gives you real-time visibility across 80+ crude grades and DPP freight routes in one view. Instantly see if a grade or TD route is over, under, or fairly valued, with 12 months of historical context powering faster, smarter physical trades, paper spreads, and freight moves.
Sparta’s CPP freight dashboard offers real-time insights on whether each CPP freight region is bullish or bearish and the best fixture option for your vessel.
The most complete market view for your whole desk.
All your market pricing — futures, swaps, physical and freight — live from all the brokers you trust, tailored to your market view, and shared across your team in one aligned platform.
The single source for live prices, market-moving news, and expert calls
Live pricing meets curated headlines, expert insight, PRA data and real-time trader calls — so your desk gets the “why” behind the move and the facts to act on it, in one place.
The sharpest signals in oil trading, plugged straight into your stack.
Choose from thousands of proprietary and third party datasets, adjust packages to your needs, and plug everything into your systems instantly.
Stop relying only on rearview data. With Sparta Intelligence, your desk gets forward-looking signals, forecasts, and structured insights you can trust.
