Method and system for providing multiple graphic user interfaces for electronic trading

• US 7,624,064 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2005
• Issued: 11/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (Marex Spectron Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Rosenthal Collins Group LLC (Marex Spectron Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Rosenthal, Leslie, Collins, J. Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Jagdish N
• Assistant Examiner(s): POE, KEVIN T
• Application Number:
  US11/263,183
• Publication Number:
  US 20060253373A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,485 Days
• Field of Search: 705/37
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A method and system for providing multiple graphical user interfaces for electronic trading is provided. Electronic trading information is obtained on an application on a target device from one or more electronic trading exchanges. The electronic trading information is displayed on a multi-windowed graphical user interface (GUI) with a number of alternative output displays such as V-shape, with circles or rotating spheres, etc.

Claims

1. An electronic trading processing system, comprising in combination:

a client trading application on a target device with one or more processors for sending and receiving messages to and from one or more electronic trading exchanges for automatically executing one or more electronic trades, wherein the client trading application generates a multi-windowed graphical user interface for electronic trading; and

the multi-windowed graphical user interface including;

an aggregated book value (ABV) window for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instruments or contract in a market depth format in the shape of the letter “

V”

, and for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price on the one or more electronic trading exchanges,

wherein prices for the electronic trading instrument or contracts are displayed in a dynamic price column in the market depth format down a middle portion of the aggregated book value window,

wherein the dynamic price column is centered upon a current lasted traded price in the ABV window and

wherein electronic trading orders are entered, canceled and displayed on a diagonal along one or more components of the “

V”

shape; and

wherein the ABV window automatically and dynamically re-centers the dynamic price column in the ABV window upon a current last traded price that continuously and dynamically changes with price fluctuations in the current last traded price.

2. The electronic trading processing system of claim 1 wherein the aggregated book value window includes displaying a dynamic price column, an ask column, a sell column, a bid column and a quantity column along one or more components of the “

V”

shape, a re-center button, a cancel buy button, a cancel sell button, a cancel all button, a market buy button, a flatten button, a bracket button, a TStop button, a net position and a total profit and loss display.

3. The electronic trading processing system of claim 1 wherein the dynamic price column includes a highest traded price in a first color, a lowest traded price in a second color, a last traded price cell that comprises at least three colors, a fourth color for no change in the last traded price, a fifth color when there has been an up tick in the last traded price, and a sixth color when there has been a downtick in last traded price, wherein a color of the last traded price cell changes dynamically based on changes in a market direction of the last traded price.

4. The electronic trading processing system of claim 1 wherein the first color includes a red color, the second color includes a blue color, the fourth color includes a yellow color, the fifth color includes a green color and the sixth color includes a red color.

5. An electronic trading processing system, comprising in combination:

a client trading application on a target device with one or more processors for sending and receiving messages to and from one or more electronic trading exchanges for automatically executing one or more electronic trades, wherein the client trading application generates a multi-windowed graphical user interface for electronic trading; and

the multi-windowed graphical user interface including;

an aggregated book value (ABV) window for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instrument or contract in a market depth format with a plurality of circles comprising a dynamic price column, and for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price on the one or more electronic trading exchanges,

wherein prices for the electronic trading instruments or contracts are displayed in a plurality of circles down a middle portion of the aggregated book value window, wherein the dynamic price column is centered upon a current lasted traded price in the ABV window and

wherein electronic trading orders are entered, canceled and displayed in another plurality of circles on either side of the middle portion; and

wherein the ABV window automatically and dynamically re-centers the dynamic price column in the ABV window upon a current last traded price that continuously and dynamically changes with price fluctuations in the current last traded price.

6. The electronic trading processing system of claim 5 wherein the aggregated book value window includes displaying a plurality of price circles, ask circles, sell circles, a bid circles and a quantity circles, a graphical re-center button, a cancel buy button, a cancel sell button, a cancel all button, a market buy button, a flatten button, a bracket button, a TStop button, a net position and a total profit and loss display.

7. The electronic trading processing system of claim 5 wherein the plurality of circles displaying the dynamic price column includes a highest traded price in a first color, a lowest traded price in a second color, a last traded price cell that comprises at least three colors, a fourth color for no change in the last traded price, a fifth color when there has been an up tick in the last traded price, and a sixth color when there has been a downtick in last traded price, wherein a color of the last traded price circle changes dynamically based on changes in a market direction of the last traded price.

8. The electronic trading processing system of claim 5 wherein the first color includes a red color, the second color includes a blue color, the fourth color includes a yellow color, the fifth color includes a green color and the sixth color includes a red color.

9. An electronic trading processing system, comprising in combination:

a client trading application on a target device with one or more processors for sending and receiving messages to and from one or more electronic trading exchanges for automatically executing one or more electronic trades, wherein the client trading application generates a multi-windowed graphical user interface for electronic trading; and

the multi-windowed graphical user interface including;

an aggregated book value (ABV) window for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instrument or contract in a market depth format with a plurality of rotating spheres comprising a dynamic price column, and for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price on the one or more electronic trading exchanges,

wherein prices for the electronic trading instruments or contracts are displayed in a plurality of first rotating spheres of the aggregated book value window, wherein the plurality of first rotating spheres rotate when a price changes, wherein the dynamic price column is centered upon a current lasted traded price in the ABV window and wherein electronic trading orders are entered, canceled and displayed in a plurality of second rotating spheres associated with the plurality of first rotating spheres; and

wherein the ABV window automatically and dynamically re-centers the dynamic price column in the ABV window upon a current last traded price that continuously and dynamically changes with price fluctuations in the current last traded price.

10. The electronic trading processing system of claim 9 wherein the aggregated book value window includes displaying a plurality of rotating price spheres, rotating ask spheres, rotating sell spheres, rotating bid spheres and rotating quantity spheres, a re-center button, a graphical cancel buy button, a cancel sell button, a cancel all button, a market buy button, a flatten button, a bracket button, a TStop button, a net position and a total profit and loss display.

11. The electronic trading processing system of claim 9 wherein the plurality of rotating spheres dynamically displaying prices includes a highest traded price in a first color, a lowest traded price in a second color, a last traded price cell that comprises at least three colors, a fourth color for no change in the last traded price, a fifth color when there has been an up tick in the last traded price, and a sixth color when there has been a downtick in last traded price, wherein a color of the last traded price rotating sphere dynamically based on changes in a market direction of the last traded price.

12. The electronic trading processing system of claim 9 wherein the first color includes a red color, the second color includes a blue color, the fourth color includes a yellow color, the fifth color includes a green color and the sixth color includes a red color.

13. A method for electronic trading, comprising:

receiving a selection input on an application on a target device with one or more processors for one of a plurality of available aggregate book view windows (ABV) available on a multi-window graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the plurality of available ABV windows include an ABV window with a “

V”

shape, an ABV with plurality of circles or an ABV window with plurality of rotating spheres for entering and displaying electronic trading information in a dynamic price column, wherein prices for electronic trading instruments or contracts are displayed in the dynamic price column in market depth format in each of the ABV windows, wherein the dynamic price columns are centered upon a current lasted traded price in the ABV windows and wherein the dynamic price columns are automatically and dynamically re-centered in the ABV windows upon a current last traded price that continuously and dynamically changes with price fluctuations in the current last traded price;

receiving continuously one or more sets of electronic trading information on the application from one or more electronic trading exchanges in the selected ABV window;

displaying the one or more sets of electronic trading information via the application on the selected ABV window, including a current last traded price dynamically displayed in the dynamic price column;

automatically executing one or more electronic trades via the application on an appropriate electronic trading exchange from the selected ABV window; and

displaying results from any automatic execution of any electronic trade on the selected ABV window.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising a computer readable medium having stored therein instructions for causing one or more processors to execute the steps of the method.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of ABV windows include graphical components for viewing bid and offer size by price for the electronic trading instrument or contract in the market depth format, for entering and canceling electronic trading orders, for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price, wherein prices for the electronic trading instruments or contracts are displayed in a dynamically in the dynamic price column.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein the plurality of available aggregate book view windows include a graphical re-center button, a cancel buy button, a cancel sell button, a cancel all button, a market buy button, a flatten button, a bracket button, a TStop button, a net position and a total profit and loss display.

17. An electronic trading processing system, comprising in combination:

a means for sending and receiving messages to and from one or more electronic trading exchanges for automatically executing one or more electronic trades via an application on a target device with one or more processors; and

a means for displaying a multi-windowed graphical user interface via the application;

a means for selecting one of a plurality of aggregated book value (ABV) windows for viewing bid and offer size by price for a an electronic trading instruments or contract in a market depth format and for automatically generating entered electronic trading orders at a selected price on the one or more electronic trading exchanges;

means for selecting one of a plurality of aggregated book value windows including selecting an ABV window with “

V”

shape display, an ABV window with plurality of circles or an ABV window with plurality of rotating spheres comprising a dynamic price column in market depth format for entering and displaying electronic trades; and

means for dynamically and automatically displaying prices for electronic trading instruments or contracts in the dynamic price column in the market depth format displayed with a “

V”

shape, with plurality of circles or with a plurality of rotating spheres down a middle portion of the ABV window means for centering the dynamic price column upon a current lasted traded price in the ABV window and for automatically and dynamically re-centering the dynamic price column in the ABV window upon a current last traded price that continuously and dynamically changes with price fluctuations in the current last traded price.

18. The electronic trading processing system of claim 17 wherein the means for displaying a multi-windowed graphical user interface includes displaying a plurality of aggregated book value windows.