System and method for trading short-term rate derivative futures
First Claim
1. A system for facilitating trading of a plurality of financial derivative products, a first product of the plurality of financial products comprising at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract, and the system comprising:
- a server at which each financial product is actively traded; and
an interface in communication with the server, the interface being configured to enable a user to at least one of buy and sell a financial product, wherein the server is configured to receive bids and offers for a first product via the interface, and wherein the server is further configured to receive bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract; and
wherein the server is further configured to;
combine received bids and offers into sets of at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries;
match a result of the combination with a bid or offer for the first product;
execute a trade based on the match; and
distribute information relating to each of the individual quarterly deliveries included in the executed trade.
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Abstract
A method and system for facilitating trading of a plurality of financial derivative products are provided. Financial derivative products called strips, packs, bundles, and condors are defined, and each is based on combinations of quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract. The system includes a server at which each product is actively traded, and an interface in communication with the server. The interface enables a user to buy or sell a product. The server accepts bids and offers for strips, packs, bundles, and condors, and also accepts bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract. The server automatically combines accepted bids and offers into sets of quarterly deliveries, and then automatically matches resulting combinations with bids or offers for strips, packs, bundles, or condors, such that market efficiency and liquidity are increased.
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29 Claims
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1. A system for facilitating trading of a plurality of financial derivative products, a first product of the plurality of financial products comprising at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract, and the system comprising:
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a server at which each financial product is actively traded; and
an interface in communication with the server, the interface being configured to enable a user to at least one of buy and sell a financial product, wherein the server is configured to receive bids and offers for a first product via the interface, and wherein the server is further configured to receive bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract; and
wherein the server is further configured to;
combine received bids and offers into sets of at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries;
match a result of the combination with a bid or offer for the first product;
execute a trade based on the match; and
distribute information relating to each of the individual quarterly deliveries included in the executed trade. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for facilitating trading of a plurality of financial derivative products, the plurality of financial products including a first product comprising at least four quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract, and the system comprising:
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a server at which each financial product is actively traded; and
an interface in communication with the server, the interface being configured to enable a user to at least one of buy and sell a financial product, the server being configured to receive bids and offers for a first product via the interface, wherein a bid for a first product comprises;
a bid to purchase a first quarterly delivery having a first delivery date;
an offer to sell a second quarterly delivery having a second delivery date subsequent to the first delivery date;
an offer to sell a third quarterly delivery having a third delivery date subsequent to the second delivery date; and
a bid to purchase a fourth quarterly delivery having a fourth delivery date subsequent to the third delivery date, wherein the server is further configured to receive bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract; and
wherein the server is further configured to;
combine received bids and offers into sets of four quarterly deliveries;
match a result of the combination with a bid or offer for the first product;
execute a trade based on the match; and
distribute information relating to each of the individual quarterly deliveries included in the executed trade. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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12. A method of trading a plurality of financial derivative products in a market, a first product of the plurality of financial products comprising at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract, and the method comprising the steps of:
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enabling a user to submit at least one of a bid and an offer for a first product;
enabling bids and offers to be received for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract;
combining received bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries into sets of at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries;
matching a result of the combining step with a submitted bid or offer for the first product;
executing a trade based on the match; and
distributing information relating to each of the individual quarterly deliveries included in the executed trade. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of trading a plurality of financial derivative products in a market, a first product of the plurality of financial products comprising at least four quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract, and the method comprising the steps of:
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enabling a user to submit at least one of a bid and an offer for a first product;
enabling bids and offers to be received for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract;
combining received bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries into sets of at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries;
matching a result of the combining step with a submitted bid or offer for the first product;
executing a trade based on the match; and
distributing information relating to each of the individual quarterly deliveries included in the executed trade, wherein a bid for a first product comprises a bid to purchase a first quarterly delivery having a first delivery date, an offer to sell a second quarterly delivery having a second delivery date subsequent to the first delivery date, an offer to sell a third quarterly delivery having a third delivery date subsequent to the second delivery date, and a bid to purchase a fourth quarterly delivery having a fourth delivery date subsequent to the third delivery date. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A storage medium for storing software for facilitating trading of a plurality of financial derivative products in a market, a first product of the plurality of financial products comprising at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract, the software being computer-readable, wherein the software includes instructions for causing a computer to:
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enable a user to submit at least one of a bid and an offer for a first product;
enable bids and offers to be received for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract;
combine received bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries into sets of at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries;
match a result of the combining step with a submitted bid or offer for the first product;
execute a trade based on the match; and
distribute information relating to each of the individual quarterly deliveries included in the executed trade. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A storage medium for storing software for facilitating trading of a plurality of financial derivative products in a market, a first product of the plurality of financial products comprising at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries of a short term interest rate (STIR) futures contract, the software being computer-readable, wherein the software includes instructions for causing a computer to:
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enable a user to submit at least one of a bid and an offer for a first product;
enable bids and offers to be received for individual quarterly deliveries of the STIR futures contract;
combine received bids and offers for individual quarterly deliveries into sets of at least four consecutive quarterly deliveries;
match a result of the combining step with a submitted bid or offer for the first product;
execute a trade based on the match; and
distribute information relating to each of the individual quarterly deliveries included in the executed trade, wherein a bid for a first product comprises a bid to purchase a first quarterly delivery having a first delivery date, an offer to sell a second quarterly delivery having a second delivery date subsequent to the first delivery date, an offer to sell a third quarterly delivery having a third delivery date subsequent to the second delivery date, and a bid to purchase a fourth quarterly delivery having a fourth delivery date subsequent to the third delivery date.
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