PASS THROUGH LIQUIDITY IN A MULTI-TIERED TRADING SYSTEM AND METHOD
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1. An electronic trading system in communication with a plurality of dealers and a plurality of customers to provide said customers with conditional access to an inter-dealer exchange utilized by said dealers to facilitate the trading of financial instruments, comprising:
- a central computer including a memory;
a customer interface in communication with said central computer wherein a customer order for a financial instrument is entered by or for a customer in said memory; and
a dealer interface in communication with said central computer for enabling a first dealer to choose to fill said customer order directly or to send said customer order to said inter-dealer exchange on behalf of said first dealer such that second dealer within said inter-dealer exchange filling said order would appear to be transacting with said first dealer and not said customer.
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Abstract
The present invention generally relates to brokerage systems and methods, and more particularly, to a multi-tiered trading system and corresponding methods which allow multiple customers and multiple dealers to transact on a single platform while maintaining the distinction of an inter-dealer system and a dealer-customer relationship.
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1. An electronic trading system in communication with a plurality of dealers and a plurality of customers to provide said customers with conditional access to an inter-dealer exchange utilized by said dealers to facilitate the trading of financial instruments, comprising:
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a central computer including a memory; a customer interface in communication with said central computer wherein a customer order for a financial instrument is entered by or for a customer in said memory; and a dealer interface in communication with said central computer for enabling a first dealer to choose to fill said customer order directly or to send said customer order to said inter-dealer exchange on behalf of said first dealer such that second dealer within said inter-dealer exchange filling said order would appear to be transacting with said first dealer and not said customer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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