Method and interface for consolidating price levels on a trading screen

• US 20060259398A1
• Filed: 05/02/2006
• Published: 11/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Singer, Scott
• Granted Patent: US 7,577,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis

Abstract

A trading screen may display price and quantity information for price levels in a static axis of prices. The static axis of prices may be divided into two or more different regions. The price and quantity information for one or more of the regions may be consolidated from price and quantity information from plurality of unconsolidated price levels.

Claims

1. A method for displaying market information on a trading screen, the method comprising:

displaying quantity indicators for a first plurality of price levels in a static axis of prices, wherein the quantity indicators represent consolidated quantities; and

displaying quantity indicators for a second plurality of price levels in the static axis of prices.

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