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Commodity & Currency Hedging

Commodity and Currency Hedging

Commodity & Currency Hedging

Connect with Pillar and quickly deploy hedging programs to protect your business from price volatility.

Connect with Pillar and quickly deploy hedging programs to protect your business from price volatility.

Connect with Pillar and quickly deploy hedging programs to protect your business from price volatility.

Hedging is Essential.
Pillar Makes It Effortless.

Hedging is Essential.
Pillar Makes It Effortless.

Hedging is Essential.
Pillar Makes It Effortless.

Data Ingestion & Analysis

Data Ingestion & Analysis

Pillar quickly scans your data—whether from spreadsheets or your ERP—and instantly assesses the size and scope of your risks.

Pillar quickly scans your data—whether from spreadsheets or your ERP—and instantly assesses the size and scope of your risks.

Portfolio Construction
& Execution

Portfolio Construction
& Execution

By utilizing relevant business information, Pillar creates tailored hedging strategies that proactively limit risks and safeguard your company from financial losses.

By utilizing relevant business information, Pillar creates tailored hedging strategies that proactively limit risks and safeguard your company from financial losses.

24/7 Automated Position Management

24/7 Automated Position Management

Once the trades are structured, Pillar executes them at the relevant exchanges, and dynamically manages them until expiry.

Once the trades are structured, Pillar executes them at the relevant exchanges, and dynamically manages them until expiry.

Post-Trade Accounting

Post-Trade Accounting

After executing the hedges, Pillar handles all post-trade accounting and tax details, streamlining the entire process for your business.

After executing the hedges, Pillar handles all post-trade accounting and tax details, streamlining the entire process for your business.

The easiest way to lock in profits
in an extremely volatile world

The easiest way to lock in profits in an extremely volatile world

1B +

Risk Under
Management

500 +

Risks
Covered

<5m

To Create a
Hedging Program

Purpose Built for the Commodity Industry

Purpose Built for the Commodity Industry

Deploy Custom Hedge Ops Workflows

Design and automate hedging flows that fit your business including taking advantage of cross exchange arbitrage, calculating optimal hedge ratios and executing carry trades based on forward curve shapes.

Hedge Custom Assets

Support for alloys, special metals, and niche assets.
Tailored coverage beyond standard commodities.

Trade Odd Lots

Manage any trade size by hedging in 1 MT increments.

Pair Commodity and Currency Trades

Hedge global trades in your home currency with one click. Seamlessly manage FX risk alongside commodities.

Automated Contract Linking

Auto-ingest trades and map them to physical contracts. Save time, reduce errors, and stay audit-ready.

"Pillar's platform has fundamentally transformed our risk management capabilities. What used to keep me up at night - our exposure to market volatility - is now handled automatically and with precision we could never achieve manually. This has given us the confidence to increase our trading volumes significantly while actually reducing our risk profile."

Lakshman Raghavan

CFO, Shibuya-Sakura Industries

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Industries we serve

Industries we serve

  • Scrap Metal Recyclers & Traders

    Scrap metal prices fluctuate due to supply chain disruptions and market demand. Our software locks in stable prices, reducing risk and improving cash flow.

  • Metal Fabrication

    Rising raw material costs like steel, copper, and aluminum hurt profits. Our platform offers real-time risk tools and hedging to secure better pricing and protect margins.

  • Metal Service Centers

    Metal price volatility complicates inventory management. Our software stabilizes material costs, ensuring consistent client pricing and safeguarding margins.

  • Construction & Development

    Material cost spikes and exchange rate risks disrupt project budgets. Our software locks in fixed prices for crucial materials, protecting budgets and timelines.

  • Manufacturing

    Commodity price volatility pressures manufacturing costs. Our platform hedges against spikes, ensuring supply chain stability and safeguarding profit margins.

  • Import – Export

    Currency swings, fluctuating commodity prices, and volatile freight rates impact global trade. Our software automates hedging, protecting importers and exporters from price volatility.

  • Coffee and Agriculture

    Agricultural markets are highly volatile, impacting profits. Our software provides tailored hedging strategies to stabilize costs and support long-term planning.

  • Community Banks

    Interest rate fluctuations expose loan portfolios to risk. Our hedging tools reduce exposure, stabilizing performance and protecting local communities.

  • Private Equity

    Diverse portfolios carry multiple risks. Our platform helps private equity firms manage commodity, currency, and interest rate exposure seamlessly.

  • Private Equity

    Diverse portfolios carry multiple risks. Our platform helps private equity firms manage commodity, currency, and interest rate exposure seamlessly.

  • Community Banks

    Interest rate fluctuations expose loan portfolios to risk. Our hedging tools reduce exposure, stabilizing performance and protecting local communities.

  • Coffee and Agriculture

    Agricultural markets are highly volatile, impacting profits. Our software provides tailored hedging strategies to stabilize costs and support long-term planning.

  • Import – Export

    Currency swings, fluctuating commodity prices, and volatile freight rates impact global trade. Our software automates hedging, protecting importers and exporters from price volatility.

  • Manufacturing

    Commodity price volatility pressures manufacturing costs. Our platform hedges against spikes, ensuring supply chain stability and safeguarding profit margins.

  • Construction & Development

    Material cost spikes and exchange rate risks disrupt project budgets. Our software locks in fixed prices for crucial materials, protecting budgets and timelines.

  • Metal Service Centers

    Metal price volatility complicates inventory management. Our software stabilizes material costs, ensuring consistent client pricing and safeguarding margins.

  • Metal Fabrication

    Rising raw material costs like steel, copper, and aluminum hurt profits. Our platform offers real-time risk tools and hedging to secure better pricing and protect margins.

  • Scrap Metal Recyclers & Traders

    Scrap metal prices fluctuate due to supply chain disruptions and market demand. Our software locks in stable prices, reducing risk and improving cash flow.

You can't control the markets,
but you can control your margins.

You can't control the markets,
but you can control your margins.

You can't control the markets,
but you can control your margins.

Pillar

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©2024 Stratos Labs Inc.

Disclaimer:
Commodity Interest Trading involves risk and, therefore, is not appropriate for all persons; failure to manage commercial risk by engaging in some form of hedging also involves risk. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Stratos Labs, Inc. is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and a member of the National Futures Association.

Pillar

We're proud members of

©2024 Stratos Labs Inc.

Disclaimer:
Commodity Interest Trading involves risk and, therefore, is not appropriate for all persons; failure to manage commercial risk by engaging in some form of hedging also involves risk. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Stratos Labs, Inc. is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and a member of the National Futures Association.

Pillar

We're proud members of

©2024 Stratos Labs Inc.

Disclaimer:
Commodity Interest Trading involves risk and, therefore, is not appropriate for all persons; failure to manage commercial risk by engaging in some form of hedging also involves risk. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Stratos Labs, Inc. is a registered Commodity Trading Advisor (CTA) and a member of the National Futures Association.