Method for directing and executing certified trading interests
First Claim
1. A method of managing orders in a securities market, comprising the steps of:
- (a) electronically receiving data comprising a first preferenced order, a referencing ID, and conditions thereon from a first market participant, wherein said first preferenced order is directed to said referencing ID;
(b) electronically storing said received data in a database;
(c) electronically receiving and storing in said database data comprising orders from other market participants, said database also containing trade behavior data regarding said other market participants;
(d) searching with a first processor said database for orders placed by said other market participants that satisfy said conditions on said order from said first market participant;
(e) ranking with a second processor market participants whose orders have been searched and determined to satisfy said conditions, said ranking based on a calculation of likelihood of market participants to place an order contra to said first preferenced order, said calculation based in turn on said market participant trade behavior data; and
(f) sending a second preferenced order to a second market participant with a ranking corresponding to a high likelihood of placing an order contra to said first preferenced order;
wherein if said second market participant accepts said second preferenced order, an attempt is made to execute said first preferenced order and said second preferenced order as a two-part trade, where either both orders execute or neither does, andwherein said first and second processors may be the same processor or distinct processors.
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Abstract
Preferred embodiments of the subject invention comprise: (a) electronically receiving securities order-related data regarding a set of securities market participants; (b) electronically storing the received order-related data regarding the set of securities market participants; (c) electronically receiving a securities order-related query (or order parameters) from a first securities market participant; (d) based on the order-related query (or order parameters) received from the first securities market participant and on the securities order-related data regarding the set of securities market participants, computing a dissemination list of securities market participants based on ranking likely contras by probability of execution; and (e) transmitting that dissemination list to an entity who has been granted the privilege of receiving such lists in exchange for being contractually bound to respect confidentiality of the dissemination list and to use the list only for the purpose of sending securities-related information to members of the list.
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1. A method of managing orders in a securities market, comprising the steps of:
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(a) electronically receiving data comprising a first preferenced order, a referencing ID, and conditions thereon from a first market participant, wherein said first preferenced order is directed to said referencing ID; (b) electronically storing said received data in a database; (c) electronically receiving and storing in said database data comprising orders from other market participants, said database also containing trade behavior data regarding said other market participants; (d) searching with a first processor said database for orders placed by said other market participants that satisfy said conditions on said order from said first market participant; (e) ranking with a second processor market participants whose orders have been searched and determined to satisfy said conditions, said ranking based on a calculation of likelihood of market participants to place an order contra to said first preferenced order, said calculation based in turn on said market participant trade behavior data; and (f) sending a second preferenced order to a second market participant with a ranking corresponding to a high likelihood of placing an order contra to said first preferenced order; wherein if said second market participant accepts said second preferenced order, an attempt is made to execute said first preferenced order and said second preferenced order as a two-part trade, where either both orders execute or neither does, and wherein said first and second processors may be the same processor or distinct processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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