Method and system for quantity entry

• US 7,734,535 B1
• Filed: 04/10/2009
• Issued: 06/08/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Burns, Michael J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Karmis; Stefanos
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEMIEUX, JESSICA
• Application Number:
  US12/421,678
• Time in Patent Office: 424 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 trading screen may include a plurality of next trade quantity regions that comprise a plurality of locations, each location being associated a price on a price axis. The quantities can be entered into the various locations in the next trade quantity regions and the entered quantities can be used as a parameter of a future trade order at the associated price level. The trading screen may also include a plurality of quantity entry regions that are displayed with respect to the price axis. The quantity entry columns may each include plurality of sub-regions or locations corresponding to different price levels in the price axis. The quantity entry columns may be used to specify next traded quantities that may be used in placing orders for tradeable objects.

Claims

1. A method for displaying market information and receiving trade orders relating to a tradeable object being traded on an electronic exchange, comprising:

dynamically displaying, by a computing device, a display region comprising a plurality of locations for displaying market information relating to the tradeable object, wherein each location corresponds to a price level along a price axis;

displaying, by the computing device, a first order entry region aligned with the price axis, the first order entry region comprising a first plurality of locations, wherein each location in the first order entry region corresponds to a price level along the price axis, and wherein each location in the first order entry region corresponds to a first predefined order quantity for orders to be placed at a price level corresponding to each location; and

displaying, by the computing device, a second order entry region aligned with the price axis, the second order entry region comprising a second plurality of locations, wherein each location in the second order entry region corresponds to a price along the price axis, wherein each location in the second order entry region corresponds to a second predefined order quantity for orders to be placed at a price level corresponding to each location, and wherein the second predefined order quantity and the first predefined order quantity are different,

wherein a first location in the first order entry region is configured to receive a first command that selects the first location to set, by the computing device, both a first price level and the first predefined order quantity for a first order to buy or sell the tradeable object and to send the first order to the electronic exchange, wherein the first price level corresponds to the first location, and

wherein a second location in the second order entry region is configured to receive a second command that selects the second location to set, by the computing device, both a second price level and the second predefined order quantity for a second order to buy or sell the tradeable object and to send the second order to the electronic exchange, wherein the second price level corresponds to the second location.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a first indicator representing the first predefined order quantity in the first order entry region; and

displaying a second indicator representing the second predefined order quantity in the second order entry region.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first order entry region comprises a bid order entry region, and when the first command selects the first location in the bid order entry region, the first order is a buy order.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the first order entry region comprises an ask order entry region, and when the first command selects the first location in the ask order entry region, the first order is a sell order.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second order entry region comprises a bid order entry region, and when the second command selects the second location in the bid order entry region, the second order is a buy order.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second order entry region comprises an ask order entry region, and when the second command selects the second location in the ask order entry region, the second order is a sell order.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying market information comprises displaying a plurality of bids and a plurality of asks in the market for the tradeable object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying market information comprises displaying a highest bid quantity and a lowest ask quantity in the market for the tradeable object.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying market information comprises displaying an inside market at a first location along the price axis.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the inside market identifies a highest bid price and a lowest ask price relative to the price axis.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the display region, the first order entry region, and the second order entry region are displayed in a horizontal orientation.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the display region, the first order entry region, and the second order entry region are displayed in a vertical orientation.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the first command that selects the first location in the first order entry region comprises a single action of a user input device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the single action of the user input device consists of a single click of the user input device.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the single action of the user input device consists of a double click of the user input device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the second command that selects the second location in the second order entry region comprises a single action of a user input device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the single action of the user input device consists of a single click of the user input device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the single action of the user input device consists of a double click of the user input device.

19. A computer readable medium having stored therein instructions to cause a computing device to execute a method for displaying market information and receiving trade orders relating to a tradeable object being traded on an electronic exchange, comprising:

dynamically displaying, by the computing device, a display region comprising a plurality of locations for displaying market information relating to the tradeable object, wherein each location corresponds to a price level along a price axis;

displaying, by the computing device, a first order entry region aligned with the price axis, the first order entry region comprising a first plurality of locations, wherein each location in the first order entry region corresponds to a price level along the price axis, and wherein each location in the first order entry region corresponds to a first predefined order quantity for orders to be placed at a price level corresponding to each location; and

displaying, by the computing device, a second order entry region aligned with the price axis, the second order entry region comprising a second plurality of locations, wherein each location in the second order entry region corresponds to a price along the price axis, wherein each location in the second order entry region corresponds to a second predefined order quantity for orders to be placed at a price level corresponding to each location, and wherein the second predefined order quantity and the first predefined order quantity are different,

wherein a first location in the first order entry region is configured to receive a first command that selects the first location to set, by the computing device, both a first price level and the first predefined order quantity for a first order to buy or sell the tradeable object and to send the first order to the electronic exchange, wherein the first price level corresponds to the first location, and

wherein a second location in the second order entry region is configured to receive a second command that selects the second location to set, by the computing device, both a second price level and the second predefined order quantity for a second order to buy or sell the tradeable object and to send the second order to the electronic exchange, wherein the second price level corresponds to the second location.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first order entry region comprises a bid order entry region, and when the first command selects the first location in the bid order entry region, the first order is a buy order.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first order entry region comprises an ask order entry region, and when the first command selects the first location in the ask order entry region, the first order is a sell order.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the second order entry region comprises a bid order entry region, and when the second command selects the second location in the bid order entry region, the second order is a buy order.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the second order entry region comprises an ask order entry region, and when the second command selects the second location in the ask order entry region, the second order is a sell order.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

displaying market information comprising a plurality of bids and a plurality of asks in the market for the tradeable object.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising:

displaying market information comprising a highest bid quantity and a lowest ask quantity in the market for the tradeable object.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the first command that selects the first location in the first order entry region comprises a single action of a user input device.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 26, wherein the single action of the user input device consists of a single click of the user input device.

28. The computer readable medium of claim 26, wherein the single action of the user input device consists of a double click of the user input device.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the second command that selects the second location in the second order entry region comprises a single action of a user input device.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 29, wherein the single action of the user input device consists of a single click of the user input device.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 29, wherein the single action of the user input device consists of a double click of the user input device.