System and method for a trading interface incorporating a chart

• US 7,580,881 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2006
• Issued: 08/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Burns, Michael J., Singer, Scott F., Decker, Stephen P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hamilton; Lalita M
• Application Number:
  US11/415,958
• Publication Number:
  US 20070156570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,211 Days
• Field of Search: 705/35, 705/36.R
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• 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 graphical interface and method are provided for displaying market information corresponding to a tradeable object. One graphical interface includes a chart region for displaying historical market data in relation to a first value axis, and a market grid region in alignment with the chart region. The market grid region comprises a plurality of areas for receiving commands from a user input device to send trade orders, and the areas are displayed in relation to a second value axis. A plurality of values displayed along the second value axis is a subset of values displayed in relation to the first value axis, and can be modified to a new plurality of values that corresponds to a new subset of values on the first value axis.

Claims

1. A method for displaying market data associated with a tradeable object being traded electronically on an electronic exchange, the method comprising:

receiving market data corresponding to the tradeable object via a computing device, the market data comprising a last traded price at a specified time and an inside market with a highest bid price and a lowest ask price currently available for the tradeable object;

displaying a trading interface via the computing device, the trading interface including a chart region and a market grid region aligned with the chart region, the chart region defined by a first value axis having a first plurality of values along the first value axis and a time axis, the market grid region having a second plurality of values along a second value axis aligned with the first value axis, the second plurality of values being an adjustable subset of the first plurality of values;

displaying historical market data corresponding to the tradeable object in the chart region, the historical market data being mapped to the first plurality of values along the first value axis and the time axis according to the last traded price at the specified time for the tradeable object;

displaying a plurality of areas in the market grid region for receiving commands from a user input device to send trade orders to an electronic exchange, the areas in the market grid region corresponding to the second plurality of values along the second value axis;

receiving, via an input device, a user-initiated command for submitting a trade order for the tradeable object at a price determined according to a selected area of the plurality of areas of the market grid region; and

in response to receiving the trade order, displaying a chart region indicator in the chart region and a working order indicator at the selected area, where the chart region indicator is mapped to a value of the historical market data corresponding to the price of the trade order, and where the working order represents the price of the trade order received in the market grid region.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the chart region indicator is a working order line.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the working order line begins at the first value axis at the value of the price that the corresponding trade order was made and ends at the most recent intersection of a price bar in the displayed historical data of the chart region.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein a parameter of the trade order corresponding to the working order line is modified using the working order line.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the market grid region further includes a market grid working order indicator and wherein the chart region indicator corresponds to the market grid working order indicator.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the chart region indicator is placed in the chart region at a location corresponding to a time and a price at which the corresponding trade order was made.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the chart region indicator is placed in the chart region at a location corresponding to a time and a price at which the corresponding trade order was filled.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the chart region indicator is placed in the chart region at a location corresponding to the time at which the corresponding trade order was cancelled.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the chart region indicator is placed in the chart region at a location corresponding to a time and a price at which the corresponding trade order was modified.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the chart region indicator is removed from the chart region when the corresponding trade order is filled.

11. A computing device displaying a graphical user interface for trading in an electronic trading environment, comprising:

a processing device executing code including instructions to display a graphical user interface having;

a chart region displaying historical market data corresponding to a tradeable object, the historical market data being mapped to a first plurality of values along a first value axis and a time axis according to a value of a last traded price at a specified time for the tradeable object; and

a market grid region in alignment with the chart region, the market grid region comprising a plurality of areas for receiving commands from a user input device to send trade orders to an electronic exchange, the areas in the market grid region corresponding to a second plurality of values along a second value axis, the second plurality of values being an adjustable subset of the first plurality of values,

wherein in response to receiving a trade order in the market grid region, the chart region displays a chart region indicator corresponding to the trade order received in the market grid region, the chart region indicator being mapped to a value of the historical market data corresponding to a price of the trade order, and

wherein in response to receiving the trade order in the market grid region, a working order indicator is displayed in at least one of the plurality of areas of the market grid region associated with a value of the trade order.

12. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the chart region indicator is a working order line.

13. The computing device of claim 12, wherein the working order line begins at the first value axis at the value of the price that the corresponding trade order was made and ends at the most recent intersection of a price bar in the displayed historical data of the chart region.

14. The computing device of claim 12, wherein a parameter of the trade order corresponding to the working order line is modified using the working order line.

15. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the market grid region further includes a market grid working order indicator and wherein the chart region indicator corresponds to the market grid working order indicator.

16. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the chart region indicator is placed in the chart region at a location corresponding to a time and a price at which the corresponding trade order was made.

17. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the chart region indicator is placed in the chart region at a location corresponding to a time and a price at which the corresponding trade order was filled.

18. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the chart region indicator is placed in the chart region at a location corresponding to the time at which the corresponding trade order was cancelled.

19. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the chart region indicator is placed in the chart region at a location corresponding to a time and a price at which the corresponding trade order was modified.

20. The computing device of claim 11, wherein the chart region indicator is removed from the chart region when the corresponding trade order is filled.