e-terratrademanager supports the management of trades from long-term Over The Counter (OTC) forward contracts through to Power Exchange trading of spot and futures contracts nearer to real-time. It supports Market Participants who are required to enter into trades to buy or sell energy and collates the trading volumes and prices for risk analysis and notification to the Central Markets (RTO/ISO/TSO). Trade Manager is highly configurable to enable the flexible user-definition of trading instruments (options, swaps, etc.) , validation limits, currencies, conversion factors and settlement period duration. This is essential for trading into different geographical or commodity markets and provides the flexibility to deal with varying measurement units, taxes or trading types relevant to each market.