System and method for changing the view of a trading screen

• US 20070106590A1
• Filed: 05/02/2006
• Published: 05/10/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Triplett, Mark
• Granted Patent: US 7,769,671 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/36.R
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• 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 displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an intuitive display of the market. In one embodiment, a user can select a location associated with a particular value on the trading screen and upon an selection, for example, by a click of the mouse button, the value axis is repositioned so that the selected value is moved to a predefined location. During which, market information is moved to new locations that are associated with their respective values on the value axis.

Claims

1. A method for changing the view of market information relating to a tradeable object being traded in a market on a screen that displays at least one market indicator which can move relative to a value axis, the method comprising:

displaying a display region comprising a plurality of locations on the screen, wherein each location corresponds to one of a plurality of values on the value axis;

receiving a command to select a particular location of the plurality of locations by a user input device; and

automatically changing the view of the value axis, in response to the selection of the particular location, such that a value of the particular location selected is moved to a predetermined location on the screen.

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