DTN FastRacks®

DTN FastRacks is designed specifically for fuel sellers. It has the information and insights you need – when you need them – in order to adjust your positions and pricing based on market conditions. We know you operate on razor-thin margins, so we developed these features to help you capture efficiencies and shave percentages to boost your sales and profits.

• Real-Time Price Alerts – Receive an immediate notification on your phone or computer when a rack price has changed.
• Comprehensive Data Compilation – DTN FastRacks combines pricing info for roughly 800 branded and unbranded products at more than 1,900 terminals in the US and Canada.
• Market Closing Reports – Our analysts prepare daily summaries of fuel futures after each market close so you can prepare for action at market opening.
• Data Experts – Rely on our expert analysts for advice and information.
• Customizable Data – Select only the data and markets relevant to your business and decide how and when to receive reports and alerts.
• Accurate Data – DTN FastRacks digitally gathers rack prices in real-time and uses multiple control checks to ensure the highest level of accuracy in the industry.
• Archived Reports – Use more than ten years of historical pricing data to review your own pricing and compare to your competitors as well as the market.
• Position Analysis – Know where you stand within the market and plan your intraday price moves to capture buyers.
• Trendspotting – Aggregate data crunching and comparisons against historical data help you predict which way the market is moving.

Your rack prices reflect the current costs of crude oil, refinement, transportation, and other factors. As industry supply and demand changes, so too must your rack pricing. You also need to monitor what your competitors are doing with their pricing, so that you can remain attractive to buyers. DTN FastRacks gives you the rack price discovery information you need to boost your margins and maintain your competitive edge.

With DTN FastRacks, you can:

• Optimize your contract pricing decisions.
• Validate your pricing against competitive analysis, market conditions, and historical trends.
• Perform accurate pricing comparisons and analysis.
• Select what pricing and market information you want, in the format you need.
• Customize the types of alerts you wish to receive and determine who receives them and when.
• Confer with DTN analysts to determine your most competitive positions.
• Quickly react and adapt to market changes and fluctuations.
• Protect your thin margins and find ways to boost them.
• Stay ahead of other fuel sellers when you respond more quickly to changes.
• Retain your loyal customers and locate new buyers with favorable contract pricing.