Trade

Trading is where things get really exciting – unlocking meaningful new value for you, and your base – dynamic or fixed. Podero enables utilities to trade flexibility for aggregated fleets across day-ahead and intraday.

Steering alone saves money for your dynamic tariff customers, and can support retention for ‘the few’. But trading is where things get really exciting – unlocking meaningful new value for you and your fixed tariff base. Podero enables utilities to trade flexibility for aggregated fleets across day-ahead, intraday, and balancing markets. Start with day ahead spot optimization, then stack up new trading integrations and associated revenue streams.

One platform. Multiple revenues.

Every device Podero steers can generate day-ahead savings. Highly responsive assets unlock additional layers of continuous intraday trading revenue.

Day-ahead optimization.

Each morning, Podero uses your existing price forecasts and device-specific demand forecasts to schedule load shifts across your fleet – minimizing purchasing costs and maximizing revenue. 

 

  • Multi-device: PV/battery, heat pump and EV
  • Household preferences prioritized
  • Schedules positions before market gates close

Intraday trading. 

Podero constantly monitors price and optimization opportunities on the continuous markets.

When spreads are favourable, the platform signals to buy low or dispatch high, automatically. Asset-backed, and within agreed operational limits.

 

  • Continuous and automated execution

  • Asset-backed: every trade backed by a real battery schedule change, no speculative exposure
  • Operational limits respected

Podero aggregates your full device fleet into a single tradeable position. Individual asset deviations are absorbed at fleet level: what reaches the market is a stable, reliable volume.

The trading day

Three stages. Fully automated with Podero.

Podero runs three sequential phases every day, with just one daily operator confirmation required.

Stage 01 - Morning

Day-ahead optimization

Price forecasts, user preferences and device specific data are ingested. Schedules for device fleets locked before DA market gates close.

Stage 02 - Continuous

Intraday execution

Flexible assets are traded against real-time market spreads from gate opening at 15:00 D-1. Positions sized dynamically by confirmed fleet capacity.

Stage 03 - Trading period

Finalization

Session summary computed: total trades, revenue, volume, and slippage. Fleet-level results pre-loaded to your trading dashboard.

Why trade with Podero

Built for flexibility at scale

Podero is designed to trade any asset that can reliably respond to dispatch signals. For intraday, batteries lead the way today, and the same platform will expand to EVs and other fast-response flexible assets as markets evolve.

Asset-backed trading.

Every trade is backed by real, confirmed device capacity. Podero never commits more than your fleet can physically deliver.

No customer impact.

Trades happen within agreed limits. Customers see no change in comfort, availability, or warranty.

Natural diversification.

Different households, different consumption patterns. Device-level forecast errors cancel out at fleet level.

Scales with your fleet.

Every new asset adds to your tradeable capacity. Even a small fleet contributes when added to an existing algotrader portfolio.

Untapped market upside.

Residential flexibility is largely untapped in European intraday markets. Early movers capture the premium before it closes, and can share the value with flex AND fixed households.

Cloud-ready from day one.

Commands dispatch via existing cloud integrations. No additional hardware or installation required.

Revenue drivers

What determines your returns.

Four factors drive the size of your intraday trading revenue. Podero optimizes across all of them continuously.

  • Market volatility. More intraday price movements = more re-scheduling opportunities and higher revenue potential
  • Fleet size. More connected assets enable bigger positions and higher absolute returns
  • Asset capacity. Higher usable flexibility per device increases each asset’s contribution per trade
  • Market access. Direct algotrading integration minimizes execution latency and transaction costs

Market execution

How Podero reaches the market

Two paths to execution.

Algotrading platform.

Podero connects to your existing algotrading platform via API. Fully automated execution.

  • No custom trading system required
  • All trades fully recorded for transparency and audit
  • Typical setup: 1–2 weeks

In-house trading system.

If you already operate an intraday trading system, Podero integrates directly via a custom API. 

  • Full control over execution logic
  • Requires dedicated API integration work
  • Typical setup: 2–4 weeks
Onboarding requirement Algotrading platform In-house system
Flexible assets already in Podero Steer ✓ Already done ✓ Already done
Trading API credentials ✓ Provided by platform Requires setup
Custom API development Not needed ✓ Required
Podero trading configuration ✓ Podero-managed ✓ Podero-managed
Time to first trade 1-2 weeks 2-4 weeks

Full transparency

Monitor your trading in full detail.

We know that full, transparent oversight is key. Podero’s dashboard gives your team visibility into every trade, from fleet-level summaries down to individual position detail.

  • Daily revenue split by DA and intraday, any date range.
  • Per-session trade list, fleet SoC trajectory, and cumulative revenue timeline.
  • Order book snapshots at the moment each trade was detected.
  • Read-only: built to build confidence, not add complexity.

Ready to steer, trade and scale with Podero?​

Ready to steer, trade and scale with Podero?​​

Let’s have a conversation about unlocking smarter products.​