Computer system for an auction exchange for financially settled contracts
First Claim
1. A computer system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts, the system comprising:
- means for receiving a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant;
means for receiving a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant; and
means for matching a batch of bids to create a plurality of awarded bids, wherein the batch of bids comprises the plurality of first participant bids and the plurality of second participant bids, wherein each bid of the batch of bids relates to at least a portion of the plurality of financially settled contracts, wherein the matching comprises matching an outright bid with at least one leg of at least one non-outright bid, and wherein the first participant has a portfolio, and if the portfolio has a trade risk in violation of a trade risk limit, the plurality of awarded bids are modified to award the first participant bids that reduce or do not increase the trade risk of portfolio.
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Abstract
Various embodiments show a system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts: The system may comprise at least one computer. The at least one computer may be programmed to receive a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant and a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant. The at least one computer may also be programmed to match a batch of bids, where the matched bids may be modified to reduce the trade risk of a portfolio of the first participant, or to liquidate a defaulted portfolio subject to a Maximum Portfolio Liquidation Cost Constraint. The contracts may include, for example, an oil contract, a coal contract, a natural gas contract, an electricity contract, a weather contract, a weather-related events contract, a commodities contract, a location specific service contract (e.g., a passenger contract and/or freight contract), a financial derivative contract, or a credit default contract on any of an entity'"'"'s issued securities.
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35 Claims
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1. A computer system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant; means for receiving a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant; and means for matching a batch of bids to create a plurality of awarded bids, wherein the batch of bids comprises the plurality of first participant bids and the plurality of second participant bids, wherein each bid of the batch of bids relates to at least a portion of the plurality of financially settled contracts, wherein the matching comprises matching an outright bid with at least one leg of at least one non-outright bid, and wherein the first participant has a portfolio, and if the portfolio has a trade risk in violation of a trade risk limit, the plurality of awarded bids are modified to award the first participant bids that reduce or do not increase the trade risk of portfolio. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled forward electricity contracts corresponding to a first spot market, the computer system comprising:
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A computer memory, and A programmable processor in electronic communication with the memory, the processor configured to generate awarded bids by matching bids selected from a batch of bids received from a plurality of participants, wherein each bid selected from the batch of bids relates to at least a portion of the plurality of financially settled contracts, wherein the matching comprises matching an outright bid selected from the batch of bids with at least one leg of at least one non-outright bid selected from the batch of bids, wherein the plurality of financially settled forward electricity contracts comprises a plurality of nodal contracts, and wherein the plurality of participants have portfolios, and if one of the participant'"'"'s portfolios has a trade risk in violation of a trade risk limit, the awarded bids are modified to award the participant bids that reduce or do not increase the trade risk of the participant'"'"'s portfolio. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled forward electricity contracts corresponding to a first spot market, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant; means for receiving a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant; and match a batch of bids to create a plurality of awarded bids, wherein the batch of bids comprises the plurality of first participant bids and the plurality of second participant bids, wherein each bid of the batch of bids relates to at least a portion of the plurality of financially settled contracts, wherein the matching comprises matching an outright bid with at least one leg of at least one non-outright bid, wherein the plurality of financially settled forward electricity contracts comprises a plurality of nodal contracts, and wherein the first participant has a portfolio, and if the portfolio has a trade risk in violation of a trade risk limit, the plurality of awarded bids are modified to award the first participant bids that reduce or do not increase the trade risk of the portfolio.
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28. A computer system for conducting an auction for a plurality of financially settled contracts, the system comprising:
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means for receiving a plurality of first participant bids from a first participant; means for receiving a plurality of second participant bids from a second participant; and means for matching a batch of bids to create a plurality of awarded bids, wherein the batch of bids comprises the plurality of first participant bids and the plurality of second participant bids, wherein each bid of the batch of bids relates to at least a portion of the plurality of financially settled contracts, wherein the matching comprises matching an outright bid with at least one leg of at least one non-outright bid, and wherein at least a portion of the plurality of financially settled contracts are in a defaulted portfolio, and wherein the plurality of awarded bids are modified to liquidate the defaulted portfolio for a liquidation cost less than or equal to a Maximum Portfolio Liquidation Cost Constraint. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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