'Odin' to 'Trade Tiger' at Sharekhan Pvt Ltd -A Shift in Trading Platform

Managing risk today requires a dynamic approach. Trading in the secondary market requires a highly integrated risk management structure. Integrated risk management structure which will assess and evaluate the risk associated from trade origination to settlement. Recognizing this need Sharekhan Pvt Ltd has developed personalized software as trading platform that will take care of the above need, known as "Trade Tiger". Trade tiger has substituted the ODIN software which is used as the trading platform by Sharekhan and many other stock broking firms. This case focuses on the issues related to the needs, benefits and also the pitfalls of trade tiger as compared to that of ODIN. To understand the above objective, the case covers the trading operations control and some risk management issues in trading operations.