Hedging & Trading Solutions

Confidently navigate market volatility with modern and proven solutions

Empower your secondary marketing strategy with real-time trading, automated hedge management, and actionable analytics – purpose-built to protect your margins and maximize your profitability.

Discover the Full Power of Optimal Blue’s Hedging & Trading Solutions

CompassEdge Hedging & Loan Trading Platform

CompassEdge Hedging & Loan Trading Platform

Trade smarter with one powerful platform – CompassEdge brings together hedging, loan trading, and analytics into one intuitive interface, streamlining execution and maximizing profitability across your pipeline.

Hedge Analytics

Hedge Analytics

Protect margins with smarter hedging – model pipeline risk, forecast market impact, and optimize strategies to reduce exposure and preserve profitability.

Loan Trading

Loan Trading

Execute trades with speed and precision – Resitrader connects buyers and sellers to trade loans in real time, reduce bid tape friction, and improve execution outcomes.

Sell Loans in Just Six Clicks

Sell Loans in Just Six Clicks

Accelerate execution with a simplified, efficient workflow.

Visualize Hedge Posture and Net Open Positions

Visualize Hedge Posture and Net Open Positions

See the impact of loan sales and new production before executing.

Built for Every Originator’s Unique Needs

Built for Every Originator’s Unique Needs

Whether you're growing or optimizing, our platform scales with you.

Intuitive User Interface

Intuitive User Interface

Navigate complex trades with ease using a clean, user-friendly interface.

Use TRUE BESTX™ to identify optimal execution paths

Use TRUE BESTX™ to identify optimal execution paths

Manage risk seamlessly with tailored analytics and intelligent trade suggestions.

Customize Your Experience

Customize Your Experience

Develop custom integrations between in-house systems and Optimal Blue for a seamless experience.

Empowering confident execution across mortgage capital markets

Trust the industry’s most comprehensive hedging and trading solutions, purpose-built to help lenders navigate market volatility, protect margins, and optimize loan sale execution.

Optimal accuracy

Optimal Blue delivers near-perfect pricing precision across the loan life cycle.

Trusted by capital markets professionals nationwide

From hedge analytics to automated loan trading, Optimal Blue powers the decisions behind mortgage volume daily.

SMARTER DECISIONS WITH GENERATIVE AI

SMARTER DECISIONS WITH GENERATIVE AI


Make faster, data-backed decisions with AI-powered assistants in CompassEdge – attribute gains and losses with precision, forecast pipeline performance, suggest optimal hedge selections, and more.

REAL-TIME RISK MANAGEMENT

REAL-TIME RISK MANAGEMENT


Minimize losses and maximize profitability with real-time risk tools.

SEAMLESS CONNECTIONS

SEAMLESS CONNECTIONS


Connect hedging & trading tools directly to the Optimal Blue PPE for unmatched pricing precision.

EXPERT SUPPORT

EXPERT SUPPORT


Tap into tailored guidance, market insights, and education programs that empower smarter decision-making, risk management, and partner selection.

Latest Innovations

POOL SOLVER
POOL SOLVER

IN COMPASSEDGE

Automate loan pooling with precision and speed – no manual work required.

Automate investor-compliant loan pooling in minutes, eliminating spreadsheets, maximizing execution value, and scaling effortlessly for any institution.

RATESHEET GENERATION
RATESHEET GENERATION

IN COMPASSEDGE

Connect front-end pricing with back-end pricing.

Generate precise ratesheets by connecting front-end and back-end pricing through Optimal Blue’s seamlessly integrated ecosystem.

CONFIRM ASSISTANT
CONFIRM ASSISTANT

IN COMPASSEDGE

Processes TBA trade confirmation files quickly using AI-powered document analysis.

Leverage the power of AI to give loan officers recommendations and insights to help identify alternate loan scenarios to offer more options for borrowers.

Hear what our customers are saying

HMA Mortgage

“Optimal Blue has everything we need – AOTs online, best effort pricing, a wide relationship network with investors and lenders, and much more. I love being active in all aspects of the trading process, and I can accomplish tasks in minutes through CompassEdge.”

- Amanda Avila, SVP Secondary Capital Markets

Mutual of Omaha Mortgage

“The addition of the daily AI briefing email has quickly become one of the most valuable emails I receive. As a capital markets executive, it’s critical for me to review and validate many different reports and metrics to ensure our hedging strategy is performing as expected.”

- Matthew Nyman, SVP, Director of Secondary Markets

RWM Home Loans

“There are so many moving pieces when transitioning hedging & trading systems. Optimal Blue ensured that our go-live date was comfortable while also ensuring efficient implementation. And that’s exactly what was delivered on, and I couldn’t be happier.”

- Matt Antenore, EVP Capital Markets

Resources

PHH Mortgage Corporation’s Swift Implementation with Optimal Blue
PHH Mortgage Corporation’s Swift Implementation with Optimal Blue

Read how PHH Mortgage Corporation leveraged Optimal Blue’s advanced technology to enhance hedging and trading efficiency in under 60 days.

A Capital Markets Platform That Pays for Itself
A Capital Markets Platform That Pays for Itself

Read how Premium Mortgage leveraged Optimal Blue’s CompassEdge platform to improve pricing and modeling accuracy, which saved the lender enough in lost revenue to pay for itself.

Top 5 Benefits of Hedging and Trading With Optimal Blue
Top 5 Benefits of Hedging and Trading With Optimal Blue

Discover how Optimal Blue’s hedging and trading platform empowers lenders to automate operations, manage risk in real time, connect robust data, leverage advanced analytics, and access expert support for capital markets success.

Choosing the Right Tech Partner: Modern Technology. Proven Experience.
Choosing the Right Tech Partner: Modern Technology. Proven Experience.

Identify the essential criteria to look for in a technology partner that can modernize your mortgage operations and drive real results.

Ready to see it in action?

Connect with an Optimal Blue expert today.

Explore the Optimal Blue Product Suite


Product & Pricing for Mortgage Lenders
Product & Pricing for Mortgage Lenders

Enterprise PPE for pricing, locking, and margin management

Product & Pricing for Mortgage Brokers
Product & Pricing for Mortgage Brokers

Turnkey PPE for pricing & borrower engagement with Loansifter

Partner Network
Partner Network

Access the largest secondary marketing network, turnkey connections with leading technology vendors

Hedging & Trading
Hedging & Trading

Mitigate pipeline risk and simplify loan sales

Compliance & Counterparty Oversight
Compliance & Counterparty Oversight

Automate oversight in to protect and monitor lenders with Comergence

MSR Valuation
MSR Valuation

Gain visibility into MSR portfolios