METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZED MARKET DATA DISSEMINATION IN SUPPORT OF HIDDEN-BOOK ORDER PLACEMENT AND EXECUTION
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1. A method for providing customized market data from a secure server in support of hidden-book order placement and execution, comprising:
- completing an authentication sequence between the secure server and a plurality of clients;
accepting an order for an instrument in a market from a first authenticated client, the order having order parameters;
maintaining a current state of each accepted order in a memory of the secure server, the memory contents defining a book utilized by the secure server for generating market data for dissemination to the plurality of clients;
generating a price range, using the secure server, for each instrument M the market;
disseminating, using the secure server, the market data with the generated price range to the plurality of clients in response to each accepted order from the clients; and
distributing an alert to the clients in response to the acceptance of the order, wherein the alert has a classification as a function of whether the accepted order is within the generated price range and whether the accepted order has qualifying order parameters,wherein specific attributes of the accepted orders in the book are maintained hidden by the secure server within the contents of the book.
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Presented is a method that uses a system comprising a secure server to generate a customized market data stream for a client, according to the client'"'"'s current involvement in, for example, market making or in portfolio management. Some alerts are distributed to all clients, others are sent to those clients that have one or more qualifying open master orders on a particular symbol. Still other alerts signify that a contra order is present in the book maintained by the secure server. The alerts facilitate hidden-book order placement and execution.
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1. A method for providing customized market data from a secure server in support of hidden-book order placement and execution, comprising:
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completing an authentication sequence between the secure server and a plurality of clients; accepting an order for an instrument in a market from a first authenticated client, the order having order parameters; maintaining a current state of each accepted order in a memory of the secure server, the memory contents defining a book utilized by the secure server for generating market data for dissemination to the plurality of clients; generating a price range, using the secure server, for each instrument M the market; disseminating, using the secure server, the market data with the generated price range to the plurality of clients in response to each accepted order from the clients; and distributing an alert to the clients in response to the acceptance of the order, wherein the alert has a classification as a function of whether the accepted order is within the generated price range and whether the accepted order has qualifying order parameters, wherein specific attributes of the accepted orders in the book are maintained hidden by the secure server within the contents of the book. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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