Short-term option trading system
First Claim
1. A method of trading a standardized option contract comprising a buyer and seller trading the option contract on a processor, and the processor determining a basis for the option contract using either a) a time duration and a reference time determined by the processor or b) a floating strike price and a reference price determined by the processor as a parameter of the option contract acceptable to both the buyer and the seller where a floating strike price is assigned based on an arbitrary reference price stream generated through the use of feedback between market participants and an independent neutral third party by providing a price stream independent neutral third party, the independent neutral third party comprises a feedback mechanism between market makers for the standardized options and a marketplace that is listing short-term the standardized options by the marketplace creating an arbitrary reference price that market participants agree will be a reference price for all options traded on the marketplace, where the arbitrary reference price is adjusted in response to option contract prices market makers set, and all traded options have a strike price based either directly on this arbitrary reference price or using an algorithm, mathematical formula, or method derived from using this arbitrary reference price.
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Abstract
Option contracts are traded by valuing an option that has at least one of a) strike price or b) expiration time unknown at the time the option is valued. The previously unknown values of the option are assigned at the time or after the time the trade is completed. An implied underlying price stream is generated from the option prices through the use of feedback between market participants and the marketplace. The resulting system is useful in trading option contracts of short time duration.
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- 1. A method of trading a standardized option contract comprising a buyer and seller trading the option contract on a processor, and the processor determining a basis for the option contract using either a) a time duration and a reference time determined by the processor or b) a floating strike price and a reference price determined by the processor as a parameter of the option contract acceptable to both the buyer and the seller where a floating strike price is assigned based on an arbitrary reference price stream generated through the use of feedback between market participants and an independent neutral third party by providing a price stream independent neutral third party, the independent neutral third party comprises a feedback mechanism between market makers for the standardized options and a marketplace that is listing short-term the standardized options by the marketplace creating an arbitrary reference price that market participants agree will be a reference price for all options traded on the marketplace, where the arbitrary reference price is adjusted in response to option contract prices market makers set, and all traded options have a strike price based either directly on this arbitrary reference price or using an algorithm, mathematical formula, or method derived from using this arbitrary reference price.
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