Fault tolerant electronic trading system and method
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1. A method for fault tolerant electronic trading, comprising:
- providing a fault tolerant electronic trading exchange component for an electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more electronic trading exchanges;
providing a fault tolerant order management component for the electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more order management systems; and
providing a fault tolerant client component for the electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more client components,wherein the plurality of fault tolerant components are provided via a plurality of entity relationships between the plurality of fault tolerant components and plurality of corresponding actual components.
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A fault tolerant electronic trading system and method. The fault tolerant electronic trading system and method includes N-level redundancy that allows multiple components within the system to fail without forcing users off the system or causing the trading system to fail. Fault tolerance with risk management controls is also provided.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for fault tolerant electronic trading, comprising:
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providing a fault tolerant electronic trading exchange component for an electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more electronic trading exchanges; providing a fault tolerant order management component for the electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more order management systems; and providing a fault tolerant client component for the electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more client components, wherein the plurality of fault tolerant components are provided via a plurality of entity relationships between the plurality of fault tolerant components and plurality of corresponding actual components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for fault tolerant electronic trading with risk management controls, comprising:
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providing a plurality of fault tolerant components via a plurality of entity relationships between the plurality of fault tolerant components and plurality of corresponding actual components for electronic trading, wherein the plurality of fault tolerant components include a fault tolerant electronic trading exchange component, a fault tolerant order management component and a fault tolerant client component for an electronic trading system; providing a plurality of pre-trade risk controls for the plurality of fault tolerant components; providing a plurality of post-trade risk controls for the plurality of fault tolerant components, wherein the plurality of pre-trade risk controls and the plurality of post-trade risk controls providing additional risk controls for electronic trading on the electronic system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A fault tolerant system for electronic trading, comprising in combination:
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means for providing fault tolerance including a means for a fault tolerant electronic trading exchange component for an electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more electronic trading exchanges, for providing a fault tolerant order management component for the electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more order management systems, and for providing a fault tolerant client component for the electronic trading system to allow the electronic trading system to recover from a problem with one or more connections to one or more client components, wherein the plurality of fault tolerant components are provided via a plurality of entity relationships between the plurality of fault tolerant components and plurality of corresponding actual components; and means for pre-trade risk controls wherein a client device cannot exceed pre-determined pre-trade control limits; and means for post-trade risk controls where a client device cannot exceed pre-determined post-trade control limits. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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