System and method for creating a market map in an electronic trading environment
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1. A method for displaying information related to a plurality of tradable objects in an electronic trading environment via a market map, the method comprising:
- receiving at a client terminal coupled with an electronic exchange, first market information for at least a first tradable object and second market information for a second tradable object from the electronic exchange, the first market information identifying working orders for a first tradable object and the second market information identifying working orders for a second tradable object;
displaying at the client terminal, a market map including a plurality of price levels of a first static price axis and a plurality of price levels of a second static price axis, the first static price axis associated with the working orders for the first tradable object and the second static price axis associated with the working orders for the second tradable object;
receiving at the client terminal, an adjustment parameter between the first static price axis and the second static price axis representing a repositioning relationship between the first static price axis and the second static price axis, where a shift in position of the first static price axis relative to the market map is unequal to shift in position of the second static price axis relative to the market map;
displaying, for a first working order for the first tradable object, an indicator along the first static price axis at a price level corresponding to a price of the first working order;
displaying, for a second working order for the second tradable object, displaying an indicator along the second static price axis at a price level corresponding to a price of the second working order;
repositioning the first static price axis relative to the market map according to a user input command received via an input device, where price levels of the first static price axis, and indicators displayed relative thereto, each shift a same number of price levels along the first static price axis relative to the market map; and
repositioning the second static price axis in response to repositioning the first static price axis such that price levels of the second static price axis each shift a second number of price levels relative to the market map according to the adjustment parameter.
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Abstract
A market map interface displays market information and trader-related information associated with at least two tradable objects. In one embodiment, the at least two graphical interfaces may be linked, and a user may define one or more adjustment parameters to be used to adjust the view of information being displayed via the linked graphical interfaces. For instance, a user may initiate repositioning of one of the linked graphical interfaces, thus, effectively, causing other linked graphical interfaces to be repositioned according to the defined adjustment parameters.
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1. A method for displaying information related to a plurality of tradable objects in an electronic trading environment via a market map, the method comprising:
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receiving at a client terminal coupled with an electronic exchange, first market information for at least a first tradable object and second market information for a second tradable object from the electronic exchange, the first market information identifying working orders for a first tradable object and the second market information identifying working orders for a second tradable object; displaying at the client terminal, a market map including a plurality of price levels of a first static price axis and a plurality of price levels of a second static price axis, the first static price axis associated with the working orders for the first tradable object and the second static price axis associated with the working orders for the second tradable object; receiving at the client terminal, an adjustment parameter between the first static price axis and the second static price axis representing a repositioning relationship between the first static price axis and the second static price axis, where a shift in position of the first static price axis relative to the market map is unequal to shift in position of the second static price axis relative to the market map; displaying, for a first working order for the first tradable object, an indicator along the first static price axis at a price level corresponding to a price of the first working order; displaying, for a second working order for the second tradable object, displaying an indicator along the second static price axis at a price level corresponding to a price of the second working order; repositioning the first static price axis relative to the market map according to a user input command received via an input device, where price levels of the first static price axis, and indicators displayed relative thereto, each shift a same number of price levels along the first static price axis relative to the market map; and repositioning the second static price axis in response to repositioning the first static price axis such that price levels of the second static price axis each shift a second number of price levels relative to the market map according to the adjustment parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for displaying market information for tradable objects, comprising:
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displaying a graphical user interface on a client terminal coupled with an electronic exchange; receiving from the electronic exchange at the client terminal, market information for a first tradable object and a second tradable object; displaying on the graphical user interface, a first market axis for the first tradable object according to the received market information, the first market axis having a plurality of locations; displaying first order indicators along the first market axis, each first order indicator associated with a working order for the first tradable object and being displayed at one of the plurality of locations associated with a value of the working order associated with the first order indicator; displaying on the graphical user interface, a second market axis for the second tradable object according to the received market information, the second market axis having a plurality of locations; displaying second order indicators along the second market axis, each second order indicator associated with a working order for the first tradable object and being displayed at one of the plurality of locations associated with a value of the working order associated with the second order indicator; repositioning the first market axis a first number of locations of the first market axis, where the first market axis shift the first number of locations of the first axis relative to the graphical user interface; and repositioning, in response to repositioning the first market axis, the second market axis according to a reposition relationship defining a reposition relationship between the first market axis and the second market axis where a shift in position of the first market axis relative to the graphical user interface is unequal to shift in position of the second market axis relative to the graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for displaying market information for tradable objects, comprising:
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displaying a market map on a display of a client terminal; displaying a first axis having a plurality of trading levels corresponding to a first tradable object relative to the market map on the display of the client terminal; displaying a second axis having a plurality of trading levels corresponding to a second tradable object relative to the market map on the market map of the client terminal; and in response to shifting the first axis a first number of trading levels along the first axis relative to the market map, shifting the second axis relative to the market map a second number of levels, the second number of levels determined according to a repositioning relationship defining an unequal relative repositioning movement between the first and the second axis. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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