Method and apparatus for providing trading information
First Claim
1. A method of providing trading market information, comprising:
- (a) receiving substantially real time trade data for a trade, said trade data including quantity, price, and bid/ask indication;
(b) adding said quantity of said received trade data to generate bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes for the price of said trade;
(c) determining whether said price signifies a change in price direction in a series;
(d) selectively displaying said generated bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes in a row of a column, said row corresponding to said price of said trade and said column corresponding to a series of trades, wherein if a change in price direction in a series is determined in step (c), said bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes are displayed as a new series in a new column; and
(e) repeating steps (a) through (d) for the next received trade data.
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Abstract
A method of providing trading market information, including (a) receiving substantially real time trade data for a trade; (b) adding the quantity of the received trade data to generate bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes for the price of the trade; (c) determining whether the price signifies a change in price direction in a series; (d) selectively displaying the generated bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes in a row of a column, the row corresponding to the price of the trade and the column corresponding to a series of trades. If a change in price direction in a series is determined in step (c), the bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes are displayed as a new series in a new column. The steps are repeated with new trade data. Price deltas consisting of ask trade volumes minus bid trade volumes for each price are continuously generated and selectively displayed. A total delta comprising the sum of the price deltas is also displayed. An apparatus having a display monitor and processor function according to the method.
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23 Claims
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1. A method of providing trading market information, comprising:
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(a) receiving substantially real time trade data for a trade, said trade data including quantity, price, and bid/ask indication;
(b) adding said quantity of said received trade data to generate bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes for the price of said trade;
(c) determining whether said price signifies a change in price direction in a series;
(d) selectively displaying said generated bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes in a row of a column, said row corresponding to said price of said trade and said column corresponding to a series of trades, wherein if a change in price direction in a series is determined in step (c), said bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes are displayed as a new series in a new column; and
(e) repeating steps (a) through (d) for the next received trade data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of providing trading market information, comprising:
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(a) receiving substantially real time trade data for a trade, said trade data including price and bid/ask indication;
(b) adding said received trade data to generate bid trade counts and ask trade counts for the price of said trade;
(c) determining whether said price signifies a change in price direction in a series;
(d) selectively displaying said generated bid trade counts and ask trade counts in a row of a column, said row corresponding to said price of said trade and said column corresponding to a series of trades, wherein if a change in price direction in a series is determined in step (c), said bid trade counts and ask trade counts are displayed as a new series in a new column; and
(e) repeating steps (a) through (d) for the next received trade data.
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15. A method of providing trading market information, comprising:
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continuously receiving trade data, said trade data for each trade including quantity, price, and bid/ask indication;
beginning at a selected time, continuously adding said quantity of said received trade data to generate bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes for each price for all trades since said selected time;
continuously updating price deltas comprising ask trade volumes minus bid trade volumes for each price;
periodically generating a total delta comprising the sum of the price deltas; and
selectively continuously displaying current ones of said price deltas and total delta. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method of providing trading market information, comprising:
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continuously receiving a substantially real time stream of trade data, said trade data for each trade including quantity, price, and bid/ask indication;
beginning at a selected time, continuously adding said quantity of said received trade data substantially as received to generate bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes for each price for all trades since said selected time;
continuously updating price deltas comprising ask trade volumes minus bid trade volumes for each price;
periodically generating a total delta comprising the sum of the price deltas; and
selectively continuously displaying current selected ones of said bid trade volumes, ask trade volumes, price deltas and total delta.
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18. An apparatus for providing trading market information, comprising:
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a display monitor;
a processing unit having an input port adapted to receive substantially real time trade data for a trade, said trade data including quantity, price, and bid/ask indication, and an output port connected to said monitor for displaying information, wherein said processing unit;
(a) adds said quantity of said received trade data to generate bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes for the price of said trade, (b) determines whether said price signifies a change in price direction in a series, (c) selectively generates for output through said output port a display signal for said monitor, said display signal displaying said generated bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes in a rows of a column, said row corresponding to said price of said trade and said column corresponding to a series of trades, wherein if a change in price direction in a series is determined, said display signal displays said bid trade volumes and ask trade volumes as a new series in a new column, and (d) continuously updates processes (a) through (c) as new trade data is received via said input port. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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