Automated over-the-counter derivatives trading system
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1. A system for facilitating a trade in a non-listed security, comprising:
- a past trades database for storing trade information regarding past trades executed through the system;
a pricing engine for providing price quotes in the non-listed security, said pricing engine in communication with said past trades database, said pricing engine receiving as input financial information;
wherein when a client requests a price quote for the non-listed security, said pricing engine provides said price quote based on said past trades in said past trades database and said financial information.
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Abstract
A system operated by a financial institution for facilitating a trade in a non-listed security is provided and include a past trades database for storing trade information regarding past trades executed through the system. Also included is pricing engine for providing price quotes in the non-listed security to client, the pricing engine being in communication with the past trades database receiving as input financial information. When the client requests a price quote for the non-listed security, the pricing engine provides the price quote based on the financial information and the past trades in the past database.
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1. A system for facilitating a trade in a non-listed security, comprising:
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a past trades database for storing trade information regarding past trades executed through the system;
a pricing engine for providing price quotes in the non-listed security, said pricing engine in communication with said past trades database, said pricing engine receiving as input financial information;
wherein when a client requests a price quote for the non-listed security, said pricing engine provides said price quote based on said past trades in said past trades database and said financial information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72)
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29. A system for forming a market in a non-listed security for facilitating trades in the non-listed security, comprising:
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a past trades database for storing trade information regarding past trades executed through the system;
an automatic market making engine for providing price quotes in the non-listed security to a client, said automatic market making engine being in communication with said past trades database and receiving financial information as input, said automatic market making engine continuously updating said price quotes based on changes to said financial information;
a hedging module for performing hedging transactions;
wherein when said client requests a trade in said non-listed security based on said price provided by said automatic market making engine, said hedging module executes a hedging transaction for hedging said trade and said trade is stored in said past trades database.
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48. A method for facilitating trades in a non-listed security, comprising the steps of:
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forming a past trades database from past trade information;
obtaining from a data source real-time economic and financial data;
providing a price quote in said non-listed security based on said real-time economic and financial data and on said past trade information contained in said past trades database;
receiving a request to trade in said non-listed security based on said price quote;
performing a hedging transaction for hedging said trade; and
storing information of said trade in said past trades database.
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69. A method for forming a market in a non-listed security, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a price request for said non-listed security;
automatically generating a price quote in said non-listed security based on financial information;
presenting said price quote in response to said price request; and
continuously updating said price quotes based on changes to said financial information.
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