Method for directing and executing certified trading interests
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of managing market information, comprising the steps of:
- (a) electronically receiving with a computer system data including confidential information regarding market participants, wherein said data regarding market participants comprises data regarding a first market participant and a second market participant;
(b) electronically receiving with said computer system an electronically executable order and targeting parameters from said first market participant;
(c) electronically receiving with said computer system confidential trading interest information from said second market participant;
(d) identifying said second market participant as a market participant that is most likely to take a contra side of said electronically executable order and as unlikely to use information regarding said order in a manner that would affect the price or availability of said security, wherein said step of identifying is based, at least in part, on said received confidential information regarding market participants;
(e) routing said electronically executable order to said identified second market participant without revealing said first market participant'"'"'s identity or other confidential information regarding said first market participant to said second market participant, and wherein no information regarding said second market participant or said confidential trading interest information received from said second market participant is transferred to said first market participant; and
(f) producing a targeted dissemination list of market participants based, at least in part, on said received confidential information regarding market participants and said order and targeting parameters, and wherein the step of identifying a second market participant that is most likely to take a contra side of said order is based on said dissemination list.
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Abstract
Preferred embodiments of the subject invention overcome the limitations of known trading interest targeting and execution systems by (1) enabling market participants to limit targeting of trading interests to only those other market participants likely to have a significant contra-interest; (2) enabling market participants to ensure that other market participants'"'"' disseminated trading interests are legitimate; and (3) enabling auctions among trading interests targeted and validated in this manner. Software of a preferred embodiment identifies likely contra-interests by analyzing information from various sources regarding certified trading interests. Preferred embodiments that route and otherwise manage orders based on trading interest information are also described.
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32 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of managing market information, comprising the steps of:
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(a) electronically receiving with a computer system data including confidential information regarding market participants, wherein said data regarding market participants comprises data regarding a first market participant and a second market participant; (b) electronically receiving with said computer system an electronically executable order and targeting parameters from said first market participant; (c) electronically receiving with said computer system confidential trading interest information from said second market participant; (d) identifying said second market participant as a market participant that is most likely to take a contra side of said electronically executable order and as unlikely to use information regarding said order in a manner that would affect the price or availability of said security, wherein said step of identifying is based, at least in part, on said received confidential information regarding market participants; (e) routing said electronically executable order to said identified second market participant without revealing said first market participant'"'"'s identity or other confidential information regarding said first market participant to said second market participant, and wherein no information regarding said second market participant or said confidential trading interest information received from said second market participant is transferred to said first market participant; and (f) producing a targeted dissemination list of market participants based, at least in part, on said received confidential information regarding market participants and said order and targeting parameters, and wherein the step of identifying a second market participant that is most likely to take a contra side of said order is based on said dissemination list. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of managing market information, comprising the steps of:
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(a) electronically receiving with a computer system data including confidential information regarding market participants; (b) electronically storing with said computer system said received data regarding market participants; (c) electronically receiving with said computer system an order-related query from a first market participant; (d) based on said received data regarding market participants, calculating with said computer system an estimate of a probability of execution if the order were routed to market participants based on said query; and (e) electronically reporting with said computer system said probability to said first market participant. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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