At Altop Energy, we operate at the intersection of data, engineering, and energy economics to deliver trading strategies that are smart, disciplined, and scalable. Our services are built for participants across wholesale power markets—generators, load-serving entities, IPPs, and commercial partners.
Physical Power Trading
Maximizing Value Through Market Intelligence and Physical Execution
Altop Energy participates in the physical delivery of electricity through Term, Day-Ahead and Real-Time markets. We manage the full lifecycle of physical trades—from bid to schedule—ensuring timely delivery, market compliance, and operational reliability. Our strategies are built on system-level understanding, strong counterparty relationships, real-time analytics, and execution discipline across all North American markets.
Key Capabilities:
- Day-Ahead and Real-Time market participation
- Virtual bids/offers, congestion arbitrage, and basis spread trading
- Firm and shaped block transactions via bilateral futures
- ISO scheduling, nominations, delivery coordination, and cross-border structuring
- Price volatility modelling, short-term position management, and load/generation balancing
- Integration of FTRs and physical flow strategies
Nodal Trading
At Altop Energy, we engage in nodal-level power trading to capture value from congestion, price volatility, and grid constraints. We trade at the most granular points on the network – individual nodes – to optimize positions across Day-Ahead and Real-Time markets.
Key Features:
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Granular Execution:
Trade specific LMP nodes and interfaces to capitalize on localized pricing dynamics -
Congestion Modelling:
Predictive tools to forecast constraint behavior and flow patterns -
FTR / CRR Integration:
Structured hedging and arbitrage of transmission congestion. Speculative trading of financial transmission rights to monetize thermal bottlenecks in the grid -
ARR Optimization:
Optimizing ARR portfolios for utilities in various ISOs to maximize revenues for their rate payers -
Automated Strategies:
Rule-based execution tailored to ISO-specific dispatch and pricing mechanisms
Futures Trading
Power | Carbon & Environmental Markets
Our futures desk enables counterparties to transact directly with custom deal structures that reflect operational needs, risk appetite, and regulatory requirements
Our team blends commercial insight, market access, and disciplined risk management to deliver competitive pricing and efficient execution in both short-term and long-term markets.
Key Commodities We Trade:
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Electric Power:
Firm and shaped blocks across major North American hubs and control areas -
Carbon & Environmental Products:
Renewable Energy Credits, carbon offsets, and Low Carbon Fuel Standards
Quantitative Trading
Where Markets, Mathematics, and Infrastructure Converge
Quantitative trading is at the core of Altop’s strategy. Our traders and engineers collaborate to design models, forecast congestion, and optimize participation in day-ahead and real-time across all North American markets.
What We Do:
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Congestion & Price Forecasting:
Proprietary models simulate LMPs, interface flows, and constraint shadow pricing -
Automated Bidding & Positioning:
Market-facing strategies supported by real-time data pipelines and internal risk metrics -
Fundamental & Statistical Modelling:
We blend system dynamics, outage data, weather patterns, and machine learning insights
Power Origination & Marketing
Structuring Long-Term Energy Solutions for Market Participants
Altop Energy offers power origination and marketing services to generators, load customers, utilities, and renewable developers seeking to secure tailored, reliable offtake or supply arrangements. We originate, structure, and execute bilateral contracts that align with operational, financial, and regulatory objectives.
Our expertise spans firm energy transactions, structured hedges, and renewable product integration—across both U.S. and Canadian power markets.
Key Features:
- Origination of firm and shaped power blocks
- Structuring of customized bilateral agreements (fixed price, index-based, hybrid)
- Bespoke physical options and HRCOs
- Renewable offtake and REC bundling solutions
- Market access and credit intermediation
- Cross-border marketing between Canadian and U.S. counterparties
FTR / CRR Portfolio Management
Our team uses advanced flow-based models to simulate system constraints, optimize bids, and construct high-yield portfolios.
What we do:
- FTR/CRR speculative trading
- ARR portfolio optimization for utilities to maximize revenue for their revenue for rate payers while hedging their basis risk
- Locational marginal pricing analysis
- Historical congestion trend modelling
- Portfolio back-testing and risk exposure tracking
Market Analytics & Modelling
We transform market data into actionable insights using statistical, power flow, and machine learning models.
Capabilities include:
- Generation/load forecasting
- Transmission outage impact studies
- Price curve forecasting
- ISO dataset integration & normalization
Advisory & Consulting
For market entrants or institutional entities looking for a strategic edge, we offer tailored consulting solutions.
Consulting services:
- ISO registration and onboarding
- Portfolio design for risk-adjusted returns
- Trading strategy reviews and audits
- Bespoke model development and implementation
Power markets move fast. So do we.
Join a team that values precision, curiosity, and execution.