USER INTERFACE FOR AN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for administering a trade for an item, the method comprising:
- displaying a value axis via a trading screen associated with a computing device, the value axis having periodic graduations of value derived from market information for the item, where each of the periodic graduations corresponds to a selectable location to trade the item;
receiving a first selection according to manipulation of a cursor relative to a first selectable location corresponding to at least one of the periodic graduations via an input device associated with the computing device, where the first selectable location is associated with a first price for a first order for the item; and
causing the first order for a predetermined quantity of the item at the first price to be submitted for execution.
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Abstract
A user interface for an electronic trading exchange is provided which allows a remote trader to view in real time bid orders, offer orders, and trades for an item, and optionally one or more sources of contextual data. Individual traders place orders on remote client terminals, and this information is routed to a transaction server. The transaction server receives order information from the remote terminals, matches a bid for an item to an offer for an item responsive to the bid corresponding with the offer, and communicates outstanding bid and offer information, and additional information (such as trades and contextual data) back to the client terminals. Each client terminal displays all of the outstanding bids and offers for an item, allowing the trader to view trends in orders for an item. A priority view is provided in which orders are displayed as tokens at locations corresponding to the values of the orders. The size of the tokens reflects the quantity of the orders. An alternate view positions order icons at a location which reflects the value and quantity of the order. Additionally, contextual data for the item is also displayed to allow the trader to consider as much information as possible while making transaction decisions. A pit panel view is also provided in which traders connected to the pit are represented by icons, and are displayed corresponding to an activity level of the trader.
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47 Claims
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1. A method for administering a trade for an item, the method comprising:
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displaying a value axis via a trading screen associated with a computing device, the value axis having periodic graduations of value derived from market information for the item, where each of the periodic graduations corresponds to a selectable location to trade the item; receiving a first selection according to manipulation of a cursor relative to a first selectable location corresponding to at least one of the periodic graduations via an input device associated with the computing device, where the first selectable location is associated with a first price for a first order for the item; and causing the first order for a predetermined quantity of the item at the first price to be submitted for execution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An apparatus for trading items at an exchange, the apparatus comprising:
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a market information receiver communicatively coupled with an electronic exchange and configured to receive market information for an item from the electronic exchange, the market information representing orders for the item pending execution at the electronic exchange; a display communicatively coupled with the market information receiver and configured to generate a trading screen having a value axis with periodic graduations of value derived from the market information, where each of the periodic graduations corresponds to at least one selectable location to trade the item; a user input device communicatively coupled with the display and configured to receive a selection of a first selectable location corresponding to at least one of the periodic graduations to trade the item at a selected value; and an order router responsive to the selection and configured to cause an order for a predetermined quantity of the item at the selected value to be submitted to the electronic exchange. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A method for administering order placement for an item, the method comprising:
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displaying a value axis having periodic graduations of value derived from market information for the item via a computing device, where each of the periodic graduations corresponds to at least one selectable location to trade the item; displaying at least one of a bid indicator and an ask indicator along the value axis according to the market information on a display associated with a computing device, where the bid indicator is associated with at least one bid pending execution at an electronic exchange and is displayed relative to a bid value of the value axis corresponding to a bid price for the associated at least one bid, and where the ask indicator is associated with at least one ask pending execution at the electronic exchange and is displayed relative to an ask value of the value axis corresponding to an ask price for the associated at least one ask; receiving a selection according to manipulation of a cursor relative to a first selectable location corresponding to at least one of the periodic graduations via an input device associated with the computing device, the selection identifying a selected value; and causing an order for a predetermined quantity of the item at a price determined according to the selected value to be submitted for execution via the computing device. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
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