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Vanda’s positioning and flow data helps traders anticipate risks and avoid crowded trades by showing where market participants are currently positioned and where flows are likely to go next. Our data platforms allow you to integrate sector, theme, and stock-level positioning into your risk systems, so you can hedge more effectively and mitigate exposure to one-way consensus trades
For Investment Banks
Data-driven positioning and flow insights for investment banks advising, structuring, and trading through shifting market dynamics.
Trusted by Investment Banks to Navigate What's Next
We support investment banks across desks, asset classes, and regions, from trading teams managing positioning risk, to strategists developing cross-asset views, to sales and research teams enhancing client engagement.
Why Vanda?
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Proactively Manage Risk & Avoid Crowding
Receive a holistic, daily view of market positioning and projected short-term flows to help hedge exposures, avoid crowded trades, and track retail-driven risk, supporting smarter, more resilient trade construction.
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Sharpen Tactical Awareness & Market Context
Access daily positioning data and macro insights to understand market set-ups, dissect recent moves, and guide conversations internally or with clients. Gain a positioning perspective on fast-moving markets through Vanda’s unique lens.
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Enhance Conviction & Challenge Consensus
Use Vanda’s independent research and advisory services to sense-check your thinking, identify where the crowd is focused, and build conviction in high-quality ideas all while avoiding internal echo chambers.
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Power Internal Models & Systematic Strategies
Integrate positioning and flow data into dashboards, investment scorecards, or signal development frameworks through our API and Excel Add-in. Adding quantitative depth to discretionary and systematic decision-making.
How Investment Banks Use Vanda
From trading desks to research teams, investment banks rely on Vanda to interpret market sentiment and anticipate investor positioning. Dig deeper into some of our most frequently asked questions.
How can Vanda help me manage risk on my trading book?
What value does Vanda provide for idea generation?
Vanda gives you a real-time sense of the market setup and tactical trading opportunities, backed by conviction. You’ll receive trade ideas rooted in positioning data and macro context, plus you can sense-check your own thinking against the full positioning mosaic, all through an intuitive platform and Excel plug-in.
How can I use Vanda to improve conversations with clients?
Whether you’re on a trading desk or in a sales role, Vanda arms you with differentiated insights to make client conversations sharper, timelier, and more relevant. Our data and commentary help you explain market movements, anticipate turning points, and challenge consensus views, all with clarity and independence.
How does Vanda support risk management at the firm level?
Our holistic data sets offer a cross-asset view of positioning and short-term flow expectations, helping risk managers identify crowded trades across desks. This insight supports better hedging decisions, validates internal positioning models, and complements prime brokerage data.
What makes Vanda different from other data providers?
We’re not just a data provider; we’re a partner in market interpretation. Our insights are independent, relevant, and bold enough to challenge internal groupthink. Vanda is uniquely positioned to bridge asset-class silos and deliver a comprehensive, conviction-driven view of positioning and flow.
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