CONTROLLING IMPLIED MARKETS DURING A STOP LOSS TRIGGER

• US 20110320338A1
• Filed: 09/08/2011
• Published: 12/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Farrell, James, Krause, James
• Granted Patent: US 8,266,037 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/37
• 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 system mitigates the effects of a market spike caused by the triggering and the election of a conditional order in an automated matching system. Conditional orders submitted to a trading engine are evaluated to compare a price of an order to a predetermined price range. Matching of the orders may be delayed when the price of the orders lies outside of the predetermined price range. An opening price to be used by the trading engine is derived and a time interval is used to delay a matching of the orders until the opening price is within a predetermined price range up to a maximum delay time set by a control center. Implied spreads are also removed until other instruments within a trading unit are verified open.

Claims

1. A system that mitigates the effects of rises or falls in market prices caused by the execution of a conditional order for products within a trading unit comprising:

an order book manager that receives orders;

an order processor that compares an execution price of the conditional order to a predetermined price threshold;

a spike control processor that delays the matching of orders received by the order book manager when an execution price of the conditional order lies outside of the predetermined price threshold, the spike control processor compares an indicative opening price to the predetermined price threshold;

an open market processor that opens a market when the indicative opening price lies within the predetermined price threshold; and

an open implied market processor that opens an implied order market when all products within the trading unit are not in reserve.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the open market processor is configured to open the market to trading when the indicative opening price lies within the predetermined price threshold, a timed period lapses, or a manual intervention occurs.

3. The system of claim 1 further comprising a memory configured to retain a time parameter used to determine a maximum period of time that a matching of implied orders may be reserved.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the order processor is configured to compare the execution price of the conditional order to the predetermined price threshold in real time.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein all products within the trading unit are not in reserve when the spike control processor no longer delays the matching of orders for products within the trading unit.

6. A system for mitigating effects of rises or falls in market prices caused by execution of a conditional order for one of a plurality of products within a trading unit, the system comprising:

an order book manager operative to receive the conditional order;

an order processor coupled with the order book manager and operative to compare an execution price of the conditional order, prior to matching thereof, to a predetermined price threshold;

a spike control processor coupled with the order processor and operative to suspend matching of orders for at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit when the execution price lies outside of the predetermined price threshold, the spike control processor being further operative to periodically determine and compare an indicative opening price for the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit to the predetermined price threshold; and

an open market processor coupled with the spike control processor and operative to enable matching of orders for the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit when the indicative opening price lies within the predetermined price threshold.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the spike control processor is further operative to suspend matching in an implied order market related to the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit when the execution price lies outside of the predetermined price threshold, the system further comprising:

an open implied market processor coupled with the spike control processor and operative to enable matching in the implied order market when matching is enabled for each of the plurality of products within the trading unit.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the open market processor is further operative to configured to enable matching of orders for the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit when the indicative opening price lies within the predetermined price threshold, a timed period lapses, or a manual intervention occurs.

9. The system of claim 6 further comprising a memory configured to retain a time parameter used to determine a maximum period of time that a matching of implied orders may be suspended.

10. The system of claim 6 wherein the order processor is configured to compare the execution price of the conditional order to the predetermined price threshold in real time.

11. The system of claim 6 wherein the order book manager is further operative, while matching is suspended, continue to receive orders for the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit, the spike control processor being operative to determine the indicative opening price based thereon.

12. A method of mitigating the effects of rises or falls in market prices caused by the execution of a conditional order for products within a trading unit comprising:

receiving orders;

comparing an execution price of the conditional order to a predetermined price threshold;

delaying the matching of received orders when an execution price of the conditional order lies outside of the predetermined price threshold and comparing an indicative opening price to the predetermined price threshold;

opening a market when the indicative opening price lies within the predetermined price threshold; and

opening an implied order market when all products within the trading unit are not in reserve.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the opening of the market further includes opening the market to trading when the indicative opening price lies within the predetermined price threshold, a timed period lapses, or a manual intervention occurs.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the delaying further includes delaying the matching of received orders based on a stored time parameter used to determine a maximum period of time that a matching of implied orders may be reserved.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the comparing of the execution price further includes comparing the execution price of the conditional order to the predetermined price threshold in real time.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein all products within the trading unit are not in reserve when the matching of orders for products within the trading unit is no longer delayed.

17. A method for mitigating effects of rises or falls in market prices caused by execution of a conditional order for one of a plurality of products within a trading unit, the method comprising:

receiving the conditional order;

comparing an execution price of the conditional order, prior to matching thereof, to a predetermined price threshold;

suspending matching of orders for at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit when the execution price lies outside of the predetermined price threshold;

determining and comparing, periodically, an indicative opening price for the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit to the predetermined price threshold; and

enabling matching of orders for the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit when the indicative opening price lies within the predetermined price threshold.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the suspending further includes suspending matching in an implied order market related to the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit when the execution price lies outside of the predetermined price threshold, the method further comprising:

enabling matching in the implied order market when matching is enabled for each of the plurality of products within the trading unit.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein enabling further includes enabling matching of orders for the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit when the indicative opening price lies within the predetermined price threshold, a timed period lapses, or a manual intervention occurs.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising storing a time parameter used to determine a maximum period of time that a matching of implied orders may be suspended, the suspending being based thereon.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein the comparing the execution price further comprises comparing the execution price of the conditional order to the predetermined price threshold in real time.

22. The method of claim 17 further comprising continuing to receive orders for the at least the one of the plurality of products within the trading unit while matching is suspended, the indicative opening price being determined based thereon.