Systems and methods for monitoring credit of trading counterparties

• US 7,917,423 B2
• Filed: 01/05/2001
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: BGC Partners LP (BGC Group, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: BGC Partners Incorporated (BGC Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Turetsky, Janna, Deb, Aniruddha, Harris, Stewart, De Latorre, Azucena
• Primary Examiner(s): Havan; Thu Thao
• Application Number:
  US09/755,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20020032635A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,735 Days
• Field of Search: 705 35- 40
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/06 Asset management; Financial planning or analysis

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided which monitor trades entered into and cleared by counterparties, track the net and gross positions of counterparties and the counterparties'"'"' parent entities, trigger warnings when counterparties or their parent entities exceed a warning limit, and shut-off counterparties'"'"' trading ability when counterparties exceed a credit limit. An operator of a credit system using these systems and methods is provided with a variety of interfaces through which the operator can set up new counterparties, search a list of counterparties, view and edit basic information for counterparties, view financial information for counterparties, view and edit notes regarding to counterparties, view and edit limits of counterparties, view position versus limit information for counterparties, view the current day'"'"'s position information for counterparties, and view cumulative position information for counterparties.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

accumulating, by at least one processor, values of trades by a trader in a trading market to obtain an accumulated position for the trader;

comparing, by the at least one processor, the accumulated position for the trader with a trading limit assigned against the trader for the trading market;

determining, by the at least one processor, whether the accumulated position for the trader exceeds the trading limit; and

shutting off, by the at least one processor for the trader, an ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position for the trader exceeds the trading limit.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

adjusting, by the at least one processor, the accumulated position for the trader based upon at least one of;

a trade that cleared, and

a trade that failed to clear.

3. The method of claim 1, in which accumulating the values of the trades comprises accumulating the values of the trades by the trader based upon long-bond-equivalents of the trades.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising causing, by the al least one processor, a message to be sent when shutting off, for the trader, the ability to trade.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing, by the at least one processor, the accumulated position for the trader with a trading warning level.

6. The method of claim 1, in which shutting off, for the trader, the ability to trade comprises disabling a trading account of the trader.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, by the at least one processor, whether the trading limit exists for the trader; and

performing, by the at least one processor, the comparing and shutting off steps when the trading limit exists for the trader.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

accumulating, by the at least one processor, the values of the trades with a position for a parent entity of the trader to obtain an accumulated position for the parent entity;

comparing, by the at least one processor, the accumulated position for the parent entity with a trading limit for the parent entity;

determining, by the at least one processor, whether the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading limit for the parent entity; and

shutting off, by the at least one processor for a plurality of traders under the parent entity, an ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading limit for the parent entity.

9. The method of claim 8, in which the accumulated position for the parent entity is based upon long-bond-equivalents of the trades.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising shutting off, by the at least one processor for the parent entity, an ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading limit for the parent entity.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

comparing, by the at least one processor, the accumulated position for the parent entity with a trading warning level.

12. The method of claim 8, in which the accumulated position for the trader and the accumulated position for the parent entity are related to bonds.

13. The method of claim 8, in which the accumulated position for the parent entity comprises trades by the plurality of traders under the parent entity.

14. The method of claim 1, in which the trades have not been verified as cleared.

15. The method of claim 1, in which the accumulated position for the trader comprises a gross position.

16. The method of claim 1, in which the accumulated position for the trader comprises a net position.

17. The method of claim 1, in which shutting off, for the trader, the ability to trade comprises shutting off a trading account of the trader.

18. The method of claim 1, in which shutting off, for the trader, the ability to trade comprises at least one of:

shutting off a trading account of the trader, and

disabling the trading account of the trader.

19. An apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to:

accumulate values of trades by a trader in a trading market to obtain an accumulated position for the trader,

compare the accumulated position for the trader with a trading limit assigned against the trader for the trading market,

determine whether the accumulated position for the trader exceeds the trading limit, and

shut off, for the trader, an ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position for the trader exceeds the trading limit.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the at least one processor is further configured to adjust the accumulated position for the trader based upon at least one of:

a trade that cleared, and

a trade that failed to clear.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, in which to accumulate the values of the trades comprises to accumulate the values of the trades by the trader based upon long-bond-equivalents of the trades.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the at least one processor is further configured to cause a message to be sent when the ability to trade has been shut off for the trader.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the at least one processor is further configured to:

compare the accumulated position for the trader with a trading warning level; and

cause a message to be sent when the accumulated position for the trader exceeds the trading warning level.

24. The apparatus of claim 19, in which to shut off, for the trader, the ability to trade comprises to disable a trading account of the trader.

25. The apparatus of claim 19, in which to shut off, for the trader, the ability to trade comprises to shut off a trading account of the trader.

26. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the at least one processor computing device is further operable configured to:

accumulate the values of the trades with a position for a parent entity of the trader to obtain an accumulated position for the parent entity;

determine whether the trading limit exists for the trader;

perform the comparing and shutting off operations when the trading limit exists for the trader;

determine whether a trading limit exists for the parent entity; and

when the trading limit exists for the parent entity, compare the accumulated position for the parent entity with the trading limit for the parent entity, determine whether the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading limit for the parent entity, and shut off, for at least the trader, the ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading limit for the parent entity.

27. The apparatus of claim 26, in which the accumulated position for the parent entity is based upon long-bond-equivalents of the trades.

28. The apparatus of claim 26, in which the at least one processor is further configured to shut off, for at least the trader, the ability to trade in the trading market when the trading limit does not exist for the parent entity.

29. The apparatus of claim 26, in which the at least one processor is further configured to shut off, for the parent entity, an ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading limit for the parent entity.

30. The apparatus of claim 26, in which the at least one processor is further configured to:

compare the accumulated position for the parent entity with a trading warning level; and

cause a message to be sent when the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading warning level.

31. The apparatus of claim 26, in which the accumulated position for the trader and the accumulated position for the parent entity are related to bonds.

32. The apparatus of claim 19, in which the trades have not been verified as cleared.

33. A method, comprising:

accumulating, by at least one processor, a value of a conducted trade by a trader in a trading market with a value of at least one trade previously conducted by the trader in the trading market to obtain an accumulated position for the trader;

comparing, by the at least one processor, the accumulated position for the trader with a trading limit assigned against the trader for the trading market;

determining, by the at least one processor, whether the accumulated position for the trader exceeds the trading limit; and

shutting off, by the at least one processor for the trader, an ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position for the trader exceeds the trading limit.

34. The method of claim 33, further comprising:

accumulating, by the at least one processor, the value of the conducted trade with a position for a parent entity of the trader to obtain an accumulated position for the parent entity;

comparing, by the at least one processor, the accumulated position for the parent entity with a trading limit for the parent entity;

determining, by the at least one processor, whether the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading limit for the parent entity; and

shutting off, by the at least one processor for a plurality of traders under the parent entity, an ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position for the parent entity exceeds the trading limit for the parent entity.

35. The method of claim 34, in which the accumulated position for the parent entity comprises conducted trades by the plurality of traders under the parent entity.

36. The method of claim 33, in which the conducted trade and the at least one previously conducted trade have not been verified as cleared.

37. The method of claim 33, in which the accumulated position for the trader comprises a gross position.

38. The method of claim 33, in which the accumulated position for the trader comprises a net position.

39. The method of claim 33, in which shutting off, for the trader, the ability to trade comprises at least one of:

shutting off a trading account of the trader, and

disabling the trading account of the trader.

40. A method comprising:

accumulating, by at least one processor, values of trades by a plurality of traders in a trading market to obtain an accumulated position, in which the plurality of traders are associated with a parent entity;

determining, by the at least one processor, whether the accumulated position exceeds a trading limit assigned against the parent entity for the trading market; and

shutting off, by the at least one processor for the plurality of traders, an ability to trade in the trading market when the accumulated position exceeds the trading limit.

41. The method of claim 40, in which the accumulated position comprises a net position.

42. The method of claim 40, in which the trades have not been verified as cleared.

43. The method of claim 40, in which accumulating the values of the trades comprises adjusting the accumulated position based upon at least one of the trades clearing.