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Trading 10,000 Times a Day: What Optimisation Actually Looks Like Under the Hood
Date & Time
October 7, 2026 12:10 PM - 12:30 PM
TrackResilience & Technology
TypePresentation
Why the decision problem is so complex. Every moment, the optimisation engine evaluates opportunities across Day-Ahead, Intraday, FCR and aFRR markets, each with different prices, gate closures, risks, requirements and opportunity costs.
Why human-only trading no longer scales. The number and speed of decisions exceed what humans can manage manually. Competitive advantage increasingly comes from algorithms, data infrastructure and operational processes, while traders focus on strategy, supervision and risk management.
Co-optimisation rather than sequential allocation. Instead of assigning battery capacity market by market, the engine values every available MW and MWh across all accessible markets simultaneously, continuously recalculating where the asset creates the highest value.
Power is a local business. Optimisation must be tailored to each market. Poland’s specific rules, liquidity, balancing mechanisms, gate closures and ancillary-service requirements demand dedicated local logic rather than a copy-and-paste strategy from another European market.
