Method and system for providing multiple graphic user interfaces for electronic trading

• US 20060253373A1
• Filed: 10/31/2005
• Published: 11/09/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (Marex Spectron Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (Marex Spectron Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Rosenthal, Leslie, Collins, J. Robert
• Granted Patent: US 7,624,064 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method and system for providing multiple graphical user interfaces for electronic trading is provided. Electronic trading information is obtained on an application on a target device from one or more electronic trading exchanges. The electronic trading information is displayed on a multi-windowed graphical user interface (GUI) with a number of alternative output displays such as V-shape, with circles or rotating spheres, etc.

Claims

1. An electronic trading processing system, comprising in combination:

a client trading application for sending and receiving messages to and from one or more electronic trading exchanges for automatically executing one or more electronic trades; and

a multi-windowed graphical user interface including;

an aggregated book value window for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instruments or contract in a market depth format in the shape of the letter “

V”

, and for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price on the one or more electronic trading exchanges,

wherein prices for the electronic trading instrument or contracts are displayed in a dynamic price column down a middle portion of the aggregated book value window, and

wherein electronic trading orders are entered, canceled and displayed on a diagonal along one or more components of the “

V”

shape.

2. The electronic trading processing system of claim 1 wherein the aggregated book value window includes displaying a dynamic price column, an ask column, a sell column, a bid column and a quantity column along one or more components of the “

V”

shape, a re-center button, a cancel buy button, a cancel sell button, a cancel all button, a market buy button, a flatten button, a bracket button, a TStop button, a net position and a total profit and loss display.

3. The electronic trading processing system of claim 1 wherein the dynamic price column includes a highest traded price in a first color, a lowest traded price in a second color, a last traded price cell that comprises at least three colors, a fourth color for no change in the last traded price, a fifth color when there has been an up tick in the last traded price, and a sixth color when there has been a downtick in last traded price, wherein a color of the last traded price cell changes dynamically based on changes in a market direction of the last traded price.

4. The electronic trading processing system of claim 1 wherein the first color includes a red color, the second color includes a blue color, the fourth color includes a yellow color, the fifth color includes a green color and the sixth color includes a red color.

5. An electronic trading processing system, comprising in combination:

a client trading application for sending and receiving messages to and from one or more electronic trading exchanges for automatically executing one or more electronic trades; and

a multi-windowed graphical user interface including;

an aggregated book value window for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instrument or contract in a market depth format with a plurality of circles, and for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price on the one or more electronic trading exchanges,

wherein prices for the electronic trading instruments or contracts are displayed in a plurality of circles down a middle portion of the aggregated book value window, and

wherein electronic trading orders are entered, canceled and displayed in another plurality of circles on either side of the middle portion.

6. The electronic trading processing system of claim 5 wherein the aggregated book value window includes displaying a plurality of price circles, ask circles, sell circles, a bid circles and a quantity circles, a graphical re-center button, a cancel buy button, a cancel sell button, a cancel all button, a market buy button, a flatten button, a bracket button, a TStop button, a net position and a total profit and loss display.

7. The electronic trading processing system of claim 5 wherein the plurality fo circles displaying the dynamic price column includes a highest traded price in a first color, a lowest traded price in a second color, a last traded price cell that comprises at least three colors, a fourth color for no change in the last traded price, a fifth color when there has been an up tick in the last traded price, and a sixth color when there has been a downtick in last traded price, wherein a color of the last traded price circle changes dynamically based on changes in a market direction of the last traded price.

8. The electronic trading processing system of claim 5 wherein the first color includes a red color, the second color includes a blue color, the fourth color includes a yellow color, the fifth color includes a green color and the sixth color includes a red color.

9. An electronic trading processing system, comprising in combination:

a client trading application for sending and receiving messages to and from one or more electronic trading exchanges for automatically executing one or more electronic trades; and

a multi-windowed graphical user interface including;

an aggregated book value window for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instrument or contract in a market depth format with a plurality of rotating spheres, and for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price on the one or more electronic trading exchanges,

wherein prices for the electronic trading instruments or contracts are displayed in a plurality of first rotating spheres of the aggregated book value window, wherein the plurality of first rotating spheres rotate when a price changes, and

wherein electronic trading orders are entered, canceled and displayed in a plurality of second rotating spheres associated with the plurality of first rotating spheres.

10. The electronic trading processing system of claim 9 wherein the aggregated book value window includes displaying a plurality of rotating price spheres, rotating ask spheres, rotating sell spheres, rotating bid spheres and rotating quantity spheres, a re-center button, a graphical cancel buy button, a cancel sell button, a cancel all button, a market buy button, a flatten button, a bracket button, a TStop button, a net position and a total profit and loss display.

11. The electronic trading processing system of claim 9 wherein the plurality of rotating spheres dynamically displaying prices includes a highest traded price in a first color, a lowest traded price in a second color, a last traded price cell that comprises at least three colors, a fourth color for no change in the last traded price, a fifth color when there has been an up tick in the last traded price, and a sixth color when there has been a downtick in last traded price, wherein a color of the last traded price rotating sphere dynamically based on changes in a market direction of the last traded price.

12. The electronic trading processing system of claim 9 wherein the first color includes a red color, the second color includes a blue color, the fourth color includes a yellow color, the fifth color includes a green color and the sixth color includes a red color.

13. A method for electronic trading, comprising:

receiving a selection input on an application on a target device for one of a plurality of available aggregate book view windows (ABV) available on a multi-window graphical user interface (GUI);

receiving continuously one or more sets of electronic trading information are on the application from one or more electronic trading exchanges;

displaying the one or more sets of electronic trading information via application on the selected ABV window;

automatically executing one or more electronic trades via application on an appropriate electronic trading exchange; and

displaying results from any automatic execution of any electronic trade on the selected ABV window.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising a computer readable medium having stored therein instructions for causing one or more processors to execute the steps of the method.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of available ABV windows include an ABV window with a “

V”

shape, an ABV with plurality of circles or an ABV window with plurality of rotating spheres for entering and displaying electronic trading information.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of ABV windows include graphical components for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instrument or contract in a market depth format, for entering and canceling electronic trading orders, for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price, wherein prices for the electronic trading instruments or contracts are displayed in a dynamically.

17. The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of available aggregate book view windows include a graphical re-center button, a cancel buy button, a cancel sell button, a cancel all button, a market buy button, a flatten button, a bracket button, a TStop button, a net position and a total profit and loss display.

18. An electronic trading processing system, comprising in combination:

a means for sending and receiving messages to and from one or more electronic trading exchanges for automatically executing one or more electronic trades; and

a means for displaying a multi-windowed graphical user interface;

a means for selecting one of a plurality of aggregated book value windows for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instruments or contract in a market depth format and for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price on the one or more electronic trading exchanges.

19. The electronic trading processing system of claim 18 wherein the means for selecting one of a plurality of aggregated book value windows includes a means for selecting an ABV window with “

V”

shape display, an ABV window with plurality of circles or an ABV window with plurality of rotating spheres for entering and displaying electronic trading information.

20. The electronic trading processing system of claim 18 wherein the means for displaying a multi-windowed graphical user interface includes displaying a plurality of aggregated book value windows.