Electronic trading system supporting anonymous negotiation and indications of interest
First Claim
1. A method for electronically trading stocks using an electronic trading system while maintaining the identity of the trading parties anonymous with respect to each other and with respect to users of the trading system, comprising:
- a first party offering to buy or sell over the system a number of shares selected by the first party of a stock at a price selected by the first party from or to one or more counterparties selected by the first party;
the first party and a counterparty electronically agreeing to trade up to an agreed number of shares of the stock at an agreed price;
if there is no better trade in at least one stock order originating from outside the system for the particular stock for either the first party or the counterparty, the system electronically executing the trade agreed to by the first party and the counterparty, and if there is a better trade in at least one stock order originating from outside the system for the particular stock for either the first party or the counterparty, the system executing the better trade.
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Abstract
A system conducts anonymous negotiations and supports indications of interest in trading stock. The system includes a database for storing public orders received from a public stock trading system; and a server for receiving hidden orders from a plurality of users and for conducting anonymous negotiations between first and second users with the hidden orders. The server repeatedly accesses the database to determine a match of any one of the hidden orders with any one of the public orders, and to execute a pair of orders selected from the hidden orders and the public orders. The system also transmits indications of interest (IOIs) into a trading environment using the server for processing a trading order from a first user and for maintaining a profile of a user. The profile includes a current IOI setting for controlling transmission of the IOI from the user. The server responds to a toggle command from the first user to control transmission of the IOI opposite to the current IOI setting. The server responds to the IOI setting being set to allow transmission by transmitting the IOI of the first user associated with the trading order.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for electronically trading stocks using an electronic trading system while maintaining the identity of the trading parties anonymous with respect to each other and with respect to users of the trading system, comprising:
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a first party offering to buy or sell over the system a number of shares selected by the first party of a stock at a price selected by the first party from or to one or more counterparties selected by the first party; the first party and a counterparty electronically agreeing to trade up to an agreed number of shares of the stock at an agreed price; if there is no better trade in at least one stock order originating from outside the system for the particular stock for either the first party or the counterparty, the system electronically executing the trade agreed to by the first party and the counterparty, and if there is a better trade in at least one stock order originating from outside the system for the particular stock for either the first party or the counterparty, the system executing the better trade. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for conducting anonymous trades of stock, including:
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at least one computer with associated computer memory which receives anonymous orders from a plurality of users of the system, and is programmed to support anonymous electronic negotiations between a first user and a second user of the system for a trade of a stock; the at least one computer also receiving stock orders originating from outside the system and being programmed to electronically execute; a trade of matching orders of users of the system; a trade of an order from a user of the system matched with an order originating from outside the system; a trade negotiated by a first and a second user of the system in accordance with at least price and quantity terms agreed to by the first and second users; a trade of an order of a first user of the system to a negotiated trade agreed to by the first user and a second user of the system and an order originating from outside the system; and a trade of an order of the second user of the system to the negotiated trade and an order originating from outside the system; the at least one computer being programmed to execute a trade in accordance with a priority when the same trade becomes available; between two orders originating within the system, and between an order originating from within the system and an order originating from outside the system. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A system for conducting anonymous negotiations in trading stock comprising:
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at least one computer with associated computer memory which receives orders from a plurality of users and orders originating from outside the system, the at least one computer being programmed to; support anonymous negotiations between first and second users with orders; to repeatedly determine whether there is a match of any one of the orders from the first and second users with any one of the orders originating from outside the system; and to execute a pair of orders selected from the orders from the first and second users and the orders originating from outside the system. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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