Methods and apparatus for routing securities orders
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1. A method comprising:
- determining during a trading session an attribute of an order destination, the determined attribute not being either one of a quoted security price and an order size; and
determining during the trading session, based at least in part on the determined attribute, at least one of;
(a) whether to route an order to the order destination, and (b) a proportion of the order to allocate to the order destination.
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Abstract
According to some embodiments, a securities order trading system may determine, during a trading session, one or more attributes of an order destination. The attribute or attributes may be other than a price quoted or a size of an order booked on an order destination. The trading system may also determine during the trading session, and based on the order destination attribute or attributes, at least one of whether to route an order to the order destination, and a proportion of the order to allocate to the order destination.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining during a trading session an attribute of an order destination, the determined attribute not being either one of a quoted security price and an order size; and
determining during the trading session, based at least in part on the determined attribute, at least one of;
(a) whether to route an order to the order destination, and (b) a proportion of the order to allocate to the order destination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method comprising:
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determining during a trading session at least one attribute of an order destination; and
determining during the trading session, based at least in part on the determined at least one attribute, at least one of;
(a) whether to route an order to the order destination, and (b) a proportion of the order to allocate to the order destination;
the determined at least one attribute selected from the group consisting of;
(a) an average response time exhibited by the order destination during the trading session in regard to orders for a particular security;
(b) a percentage of total market volume in the particular security handled during the trading session by the order destination;
(c) a degree to which the order destination is overfilling orders for the particular security during the trading session;
(d) an average amount of time that the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations;
(e) a percentage of the trading session during which the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations;
(f) a number of times during the trading session at which the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations; and
(g) an average amount of time required during the trading session for the order destination to match a best price offered for the particular security by another order destination. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and
a storage device in communication with said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to;
determine during a trading session an attribute of an order destination, the determined attribute not being either one of a quoted security price and an order size; and
determine during the trading session, based at least in part on the determined attribute, at least one of;
(a) whether to route an order to the order destination, and (b) a proportion of the order to allocate to the order destination. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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a processor; and
a storage device in communication with said processor and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to;
determine during a trading session at least one attribute of an order destination; and
determine during the trading session, based at least in part on the determined at least one attribute, at least one of;
(a) whether to route an order to the order destination, and (b) a proportion of the order to allocate to the order destination;
the determined at least one attribute selected from the group consisting of;
(a) an average response time exhibited by the order destination during the trading session in regard to orders for a particular security;
(b) a percentage of total market volume in the particular security handled during the trading session by the order destination;
(c) a degree to which the order destination is overfilling orders for the particular security during the trading session;
(d) an average amount of time that the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations;
(e) a percentage of the trading session during which the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations;
(f) a number of times during the trading session at which the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations; and
(g) an average amount of time required during the trading session for the order destination to match a best price offered for the particular security by another order destination. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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37. A medium storing processor-executable process steps, the process steps comprising:
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a step to determine during a trading session an attribute of an order destination, the determined attribute not being either one of a quoted security price and an order size; and
a step to determine during the trading session, based at least in part on the determined attribute, at least one of;
(a) whether to route an order to the order destination, and (b) a proportion of the order to allocate to the order destination. - View Dependent Claims (38)
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43. A medium storing processor-executable process steps, the process steps comprising:
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a step to determine during a trading session at least one attribute of an order destination; and
a step to determine during the trading session, based at least in part on the determined at least one attribute, at least one of;
(a) whether to route an order to the order destination, and (b) a proportion of the order to allocate to the order destination;
the determined at least one attribute selected from the group consisting of;
(a) an average response time exhibited by the order destination during the trading session in regard to orders for a particular security;
(b) a percentage of total market volume in the particular security handled during the trading session by the order destination;
(c) a degree to which the order destination is overfilling orders for the particular security during the trading session;
(d) an average amount of time that the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations;
(e) a percentage of the trading session during which the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations;
(f) a number of times during the trading session at which the order destination offered a best price for the particular security relative to other order destinations; and
(g) an average amount of time required during the trading session for the order destination to match a best price offered for the particular security by another order destination. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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