System and method for improved electronic trading

• US 7,756,782 B2
• Filed: 07/28/2003
• Issued: 07/13/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Monroe, Fred, Brumfield, Harris C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Akintola; Olabode
• Application Number:
  US10/628,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20050027635A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,542 Days
• Field of Search: 705 35- 40, 705/1, 705/25
• US Class Current: 705/39
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A system and method is described herein for an exchange to act based on a market event on behalf of a trader. According to one aspect, a first electronic market can send orders to and/or manage orders at a second electronic market based on an internal and/or external market event on behalf of a trader. According to another aspect, an electronic market may manage orders in its own market based on an external market event on behalf of a trader. In particular, a trader, and exchange, or some other party can define an internal or external market event that comprises a condition and an action. Upon receiving internal and/or external information, when the market event condition is satisfied, the electronic market performs the action associated with the condition. An advantage, among many others, of the present embodiments is that it makes internal and external market influences and conditions visible to electronic markets to facilitate trading on behalf of a trader.

Claims

1. A method for sending an order to an electronic market, comprising:

receiving from a trader a first order message having an order to buy or sell a quantity of a first tradeable object at a first price and a market event request, the first order message received at a first electronic exchange having a first computerized matching process configured to match orders for the first tradeable object, the market event request including a condition and an associated predetermined action to be taken on behalf of the trader, the action including sending an order to buy or sell a second tradeable object to a second electronic exchange having a second computerized matching process configured to match orders for the second tradeable object;

detecting the condition at the first electronic exchange;

in response to detecting the condition, sending a second order to buy or sell the second tradeable object on behalf of the trader from the first electronic exchange to the second electronic exchange, wherein the second tradeable object is different from the first tradeable object, wherein tradeable objects matched at the first exchange are different than tradeable objects matched at the second exchange, and the action of sending the order is taken on behalf of the trader by the first electronic exchange using a microprocessor executing one or more instructions.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein sending is performed in response to determining that the condition is satisfied.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition comprises at least a portion of the first order being filled.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising receiving a market event request message at the first electronic exchange that establishes the condition.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the condition is in the form of a lookup table.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending a message from the first electronic exchange to the second electronic exchange instructing the second electronic exchange to modify the second order sent on behalf of the trader, wherein the action of sending the message is taken on behalf of the trader by the first electronic market.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the message to modify the second order sent on behalf of a trader is sent when a second condition has been satisfied.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the first electronic exchange comprises a matching engine that matches bids and offers for a market according to a first-in-first-out (FIFO) matching algorithm.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first electronic exchange comprises software running at a point of access that is outside of the first electronic exchange.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the trader maintains control over the order and maintains control over the second order at the second electronic exchange, while pending at the second electronic exchange.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the order comprises an identifier to indicate to the second electronic exchange that the order belongs to the trader.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein sending is performed when the condition is satisfied, and wherein the condition is based on a market event that occurs internal to the first electronic exchange.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein sending is performed when the condition is satisfied, and wherein the condition is based on a market event that occurs external to the first electronic exchange.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein sending is performed when the condition is satisfied, and wherein the condition is based on a news event.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tradeable object and the second tradeable object comprise a spread trading strategy.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the second order is intended to hedge risk based on a position taken in the first tradeable object.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein sending comprises generating the second order.

18. A non transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for causing a microprocessor to execute a method for use by a trader in an electronic trading system that includes at least one computer terminal connected over a network to at least one electronic exchange, comprising:

receiving from a trader a first order message having an order to buy or sell a quantity of a first tradeable object at a first price and a market event request, the first order message received at a first electronic exchange having a first computerized matching process configured to match orders for the first tradeable object, the market event request including a condition and an associated predetermined action to be taken on behalf of the trader, the action including sending an order to buy or sell a second tradeable object to a second electronic exchange having a second computerized matching process configured to match orders for the second tradeable object;

detecting the condition at the first electronic exchange;

in response to detecting the condition, sending a second order to buy or sell the second tradeable object on behalf of the trader from the first electronic exchange to the second electronic exchange, wherein the second tradeable object is different from the first tradeable object, wherein tradeable objects matched at the first exchange are different than tradeable objects matched at the second exchange, and the action of sending the order is taken on behalf of the trader by the first electronic exchange using a microprocessor executing one or more instructions.