Sigma Computing Consulting for Banks, Brokerages and Trading Firms
Give the desk back the hours spent assembling the daily report in a spreadsheet. For one commodity brokerage, weekly production time went from 5 hours to about 30 minutes after we rebuilt the report in Sigma on Snowflake.
The short answer
Where the Hours Go Today
- The daily report is built in one spreadsheet that one person maintains.
- Readers get a static sheet and cannot compare today with last Tuesday.
- Finding a past report means digging through old files or emails.
- Sending the report to each desk or client group is done by hand.
Sigma Workbooks We Build
- Daily Market Report
- The printed layout rebuilt in Sigma, reading dated Snowflake tables, with a date picker over the history you keep.
- Desk and Book Reports
- Activity, positions and results by desk, trader or book, with drill paths to the underlying rows.
- Scheduled Distribution
- Weekday sends to daily readers and roll-ups to the wider team, with Export Bursting when each group should see only its own slice.
- Report Validation
- A cell-by-cell comparison of the rebuilt report against the old spreadsheet, so differences are sorted into fixes and known data questions.
Why Sigma Fits
- Any past date, on demand
- With history in dated Snowflake tables, a Sigma date control lets readers open any day instead of hunting for an old file.
- Logic you can inspect
- Reports read Snowflake tables directly instead of formulas hidden in a spreadsheet, so reviewers can trace each number to its source.
- Delivery on a schedule
- Refresh and distribution run on their own, and Export Bursting can send each recipient a PDF filtered to their own desk or account.
5 hrs to 30 min
a week producing a daily market report, rebuilt in Sigma
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Data We Connect
- Trading and order management systems
- Market data feeds
- Exchange and clearing files
- Core banking or back-office systems
- Excel report workbooks
- Snowflake
Common questions
Is Sigma good for daily market reports?
Yes, when the report needs history, scheduled refresh and distribution. We rebuilt a commodity brokerage's daily report in Sigma on Snowflake, with two years of history and weekday delivery.
Can Sigma reproduce a report for any past date?
Yes, if each day is stored in dated tables. We set up Snowflake to keep that history and add a date picker in Sigma so readers can reopen any day.
Can Sigma email reports to different desks or clients?
Yes. Scheduled exports send the report on a set timetable, and Export Bursting sends each recipient a PDF filtered to their own desk, region or account.
How long does a Sigma build take?
It depends on your sources, how much history you need and how the current report is built. For the brokerage, both daily reports were live about a month in; we scope yours on a short call.
How do you check the new report is right?
We compare the Sigma report against the original spreadsheet cell by cell, at the printed precision, and sort each difference into a fix or a known data question.
Bring the report that eats your week
We'll look at it with you and say what Sigma would save. No pitch deck.