SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LINKING ORDERS IN ELECTRONIC TRADING SYSTEMS
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Abstract
Systems and methods for linking orders in electronic trading systems are provided. These systems and methods enable a trader to select two or more items that are to be linked and specify linking parameters for those items. Any desired set of items may be linked, and the linking parameters may include price adjustments, order sequencing instructions, automatic/manual execution controls, execution delays commands, and update frequency limits. Upon detecting a bid or offer for a linked item, the systems and methods may then determine a size and a price for each linked item based upon the size and the price of the bid or offer for the first linked item. In this way, the sizes and the prices for the other linked items may be propagated from the size and the price for the first item. Once the size and the price for each item is determined, the systems and methods may submit orders for the items in accordance with the linking parameters. In the case where orders for linked items may only be submitted in designated lot sizes, the systems and methods may round the sizes of the orders to the designated lot sizes, and then submit remainder orders to make up for the rounding.
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67 Claims
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49. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a computing device, from a trader, a selection of a first financial instrument, wherein the first financial instrument is transacted in a first market; receiving, by the computing device, from the trader, a selection of a second financial instrument, wherein the second financial instrument is transacted in a second market, wherein the first financial instrument is different from the second financial instrument, and wherein the first financial instrument is to be linked to the second financial instrument; receiving, by the computing device, from the trader, a linking relationship between the first financial instrument and the second financial instrument; monitoring, by the computing device, bids and offers from at least one external trading system, wherein the bids and offers comprise bids and offers for the first financial instruments and the second financial instrument; controlling, by the computing device, a submission of orders for the second financial instrument based at least in part on the linking relationship, wherein controlling the submission of orders for the second financial instrument comprises; generating, by the computing device, a price of an order for the second financial instrument and a size of the order for the second financial instrument based at least in part on the linking relationship; and submitting, by the computing device, the order for the second financial instrument to a second trading system; and wherein controlling the submission of orders for the second financial instrument based at least in part on the linking relationship further comprises; limiting, by the computing device, order updates for the second financial instrument based at least in part on the linking relationship; and performing, by the computing device, based at least in part on the linking relationship, at least one of the following; adjusting the price of the second financial instrument relative to a market value for the second financial instrument; sequencing the submission of orders for the second financial instrument relative to a submission of orders for the first financial instrument; and holding orders for the second financial instrument for a time period. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a computing device, from a trader, a selection of a first financial instrument, wherein the first financial instrument is transacted in a first market; receiving, by the computing device, from the trader, a selection of a second financial instrument, wherein the second financial instrument is transacted in a second market, wherein the first financial instrument is different from the second financial instrument, and wherein the first financial instrument is to be linked to the second financial instrument; receiving, by the computing device, from the trader, a linking relationship between the first financial instrument and the second financial instrument; monitoring, by the computing device, bids and offers from at least one external trading system, wherein the bids and offers comprise bids and offers for the first financial instrument and the second financial instrument; controlling, by the computing device, a submission of orders for the second financial instrument based at least in part on the linking relationship, wherein controlling the submission of orders for the second financial instrument comprises; generating, by the computing device, a price of an order for the second financial instrument and a size of the order for the second financial instrument based at least in part on the linking relationship; submitting, by the computing device, the order for the second financial instrument to a second trading system; and limiting, by the computing device, order updates for the second financial instrument based at least in part on the linking relationship.
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