Trade matching platform with variable pricing based on clearing relationships

• US 8,626,639 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2011
• Issued: 01/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME Group Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Inc. (CME Group Incorporated)
• Inventors: Studnitzer, Ari
• Primary Examiner(s): Maguire, Lindsay M.
• Application Number:
  US13/312,535
• Publication Number:
  US 20120197776A1
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• Field of Search: 705/37
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/023 the neutral party being a clearing house
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

The disclosure describes a regulated trading platform capable of communicating with a plurality of clearing houses. In particular, aspects of the disclosure relate to providing and/or calculating differentiated prices for the same or underlying financial product/instrument capable of being cleared at different clearing houses. The trading platform may allow anonymous counterparties in a multi-clearinghouse environment, and with full transparency and improved liquidity. The trading platform may also allow for non-anonymous counterparties in some situations.

Claims

1. A computerized apparatus comprising:

a computer processor configured to execute computer-executable instructions;

a computer memory storing the computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to;

access a database to retrieve settings of a user, wherein the user'"'"'s settings comprise;

a first indication of one or more of a plurality of clearinghouses at which prices are non-actionable but viewable, wherein the first indication identifies at least a first clearinghouse,

a second indication of one or more of the plurality of clearinghouses at which prices are actionable, wherein the second indication identifies at least a second clearinghouse, and

a third indication of one or more of the plurality of clearinghouses restricted from the user, wherein the third indication identifies at least a third clearinghouse;

register with an exchange computer system to automatically receive updated market data of a financial identifier, wherein the market data is associated with one or more clearinghouses identified in the second indication;

receive, from the exchange, market data comprising at least a price attribute and a financial identifier attribute;

generate, by the computer processor, information formatted for display to the user, wherein the information comprises at least a part of the received market data, and wherein the formatting is based on the user'"'"'s settings; and

transmit, by the computer processor, the formatted information for display to the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the price attribute of the received market data stores at least bid and ask prices of the financial identifier, wherein the bid and ask prices are specific to each of the clearinghouses, and wherein the bid and ask prices for the second clearinghouse are one of:

multiple levels deep and market by order.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the generating the information further comprises:

formatting received bid and ask prices from at least the first clearinghouses identified in the first indication in a first style; and

formatting received bid and ask prices from at least the second clearinghouses identified in the second indication in a second style.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the first and second styles include:

graying out portions and rendering portions as selectable.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the computer memory stores further computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to:

generate, by the computer processor, additional information comprising a best bid price and best ask price across all of the clearinghouses corresponding to the second indication.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the received market data comprising an attribute configured to identify a clearinghouse, and wherein a first market data and a second market data are nearly identical, but include different values for the price attribute based on the clearinghouse attribute.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmitted information is formatted to be compatible for display as part of a scrolling text-based messaging interface.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transmitted information is formatted to be compatible for display as a matrix of clearinghouses to prices.

9. A method comprising:

access, by a computer processor, a database to retrieve settings of a user, wherein the user'"'"'s settings comprise;

a first indication of one or more of a plurality of clearinghouses at which prices are non-actionable but viewable, wherein the first indication identifies at least a first clearinghouse,

a second indication of one or more of the plurality of clearinghouses at which prices are actionable, wherein the second indication identifies at least a second clearinghouse, and

a third indication of one or more of the plurality of clearinghouses restricted from the user, wherein the third indication identifies at least a third clearinghouse;

receive, from an exchange computer system, market data comprising at least a price attribute, a financial identifier attribute, and an attribute configured to identify a clearinghouse, wherein the market data is associated with one or more clearinghouses identified in the second indication;

generate, by the computer processor, information formatted for display to the user, wherein the information comprises at least a part of the received market data, and wherein the formatting is based on the user'"'"'s settings; and

transmit, by the computer processor, the formatted information for display to the user.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the price attribute of the received market data stores at least bid and ask prices of the financial identifier, wherein the bid and ask prices are specific to each of the clearinghouses, wherein the bid and ask prices for the second clearinghouse are one of:

multiple levels deep and market by order, and wherein a first market data and a second market data are nearly identical, but include different values for the price attribute based on the clearinghouse attribute.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the generating the information further comprises:

formatting received bid and ask prices from at least the first clearinghouse identified in the first indication in a first style; and

formatting received bid and ask prices from at least the second clearinghouse identified in the second indication in a second style.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first and second styles include:

graying out portions and rendering portions as selectable.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the transmitted information is formatted to be compatible for display as part of a scrolling text-based messaging interface.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the transmitted information is formatted to be compatible for display as a matrix of clearinghouses to prices.

15. A non-transitory computer memory storing the computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer processor, cause a computer to:

access a database to retrieve settings of a user, wherein the user'"'"'s settings comprise;

a first indication of one or more of a plurality of clearinghouses at which prices are non-actionable but viewable, wherein the first indication identifies at least a first clearinghouse,

a second indication of one or more of the plurality of clearinghouses at which prices are actionable, wherein the second indication identifies at least a second clearinghouse, and

a third indication of one or more of the plurality of clearinghouses restricted from the user, wherein the third indication identifies at least a third clearinghouse;

receive, from an exchange computer system, market data comprising at least a price attribute, a financial identifier attribute, and an attribute configured to identify a clearinghouse, wherein the market data is associated with one or more clearinghouses identified in the second indication;

generate information formatted for display to the user, wherein the information comprises at least a part of the received market data, and wherein the formatting is based on the user'"'"'s settings; and

transmit the formatted information for display to the user.

16. The non-transitory computer memory of claim 15, wherein a first market data and a second market data are nearly identical, but include different values for the price attribute based on the clearinghouse attribute.

17. The non-transitory computer memory of claim 15, wherein the transmitted information is formatted to be compatible for display as part of a scrolling text-based messaging interface.

18. The non-transitory computer memory of claim 15, wherein the transmitted information is formatted to be compatible for display as a matrix of clearinghouses to prices.