System and method for linking and managing linked orders in an electronic trading environment

• US 8,682,778 B2
• Filed: 11/02/2010
• Issued: 03/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
• Inventors: Andrews, Ryan, Mintz, Sagy P., Chawla, Jyoti, Garrison, David W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lemieux, Jessica
• Application Number:
  US12/938,190
• Publication Number:
  US 20110047067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,239 Days
• Field of Search: 705/37
• US Class Current: 705/37
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/04 Trading; Exchange, e.g. stocks, commodities, derivatives or currency exchange

Abstract

A system and method for linking and managing linked orders are described. According to one method, a trader may first link two or more orders into a linked order, and then one or more parameters associated with one of the orders may be dynamically changed based on user inputs or information being received from an exchange. For example, a trader may link any two orders as an order cancel order, and each linked order may be associated with the same or different tradable objects, order quantities, and may be submitted to one or more exchanges. The order quantities may be then dynamically updated based on updates being received from the one or more exchanges and further based on a quantity ratio between the two orders. Further, the linked order may be submitted upon detecting a fill for another order.

Claims

1. A method for managing pending orders, the method comprising:

submitting a first order for a first quantity of a first tradable object at a first price and a second order for a second quantity of a second tradable object at a second price from a computing device in response to receiving a user command via a user input associated with the computing device, where the second price is determined according to the first price and a predetermined relationship between the first tradable object and the second tradable object, and where the first order is submitted to a first electronic exchange and the second order is submitted to a second electronic exchange;

receiving, via an input device associated with the computing device, an electronic market data transmission from the first electronic exchange for a first updated order parameter for the first order, the electronic market data transmission being received at a first time when both the first order is executable at the first electronic exchange and the second order is executable at the second electronic exchange; and

submitting, via the computing device, an update message to the second electronic exchange to update the second order with a second updated order parameter determined according to the predetermined relationship and the first updated order parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 where the update message comprises any of a cancel command for the second order, a new second order for the second tradable object, an updated second quantity of the second tradable object, and combinations thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 where the updated second quantity is determined according to the predetermined relationship.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising submitting a change message to the second electronic exchange to change the second quantity according to the predetermined relationship in response to a change in the first quantity.

5. The method of claim 4 where the change message comprises a cancel order for the second order and submission of a new second order for a changed second quantity of the second tradable object.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising submitting a change message to the second electronic exchange to change the second quantity according to the predetermined relationship in response to a change in the first price.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising submitting a change message to the second electronic exchange to change the second price according to the predetermined relationship in response to a change in the first price.

8. The method of claim 1 where the first updated order parameter comprises any of an update to the first quantity, the first price and combinations thereof.

9. The method of claim 1 where the first electronic exchange is different from the second electronic exchange.

10. The method of claim 1 where the first electronic exchange comprises the second electronic exchange.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising submitting a delete message to the second electronic exchange to delete the second order executable by the second electronic exchange in response to any of deletion and cancellation of the first order.

12. The method of claim 1 where the first order is submitted in response to detecting a predetermined condition associated with a third order executable at a third electronic exchange.

13. The method of claim 12 where the predetermined condition comprises a fill update associated with the third order.

14. The method of claim 13 where the first quantity is determined based on a filled order quantity identified in the fill update.

15. The method of claim 1 where the predetermined relationship comprises a ratio between the first quantity and the second quantity.

16. A computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon executable by a computing device to carry out the acts comprising:

submitting a first order for a first quantity of a first tradable object at a first price and a second order for a second quantity of a second tradable object at a second price from a computing device in response to receiving a user command, where the second price is determined according to the first price and a predetermined relationship between the first tradable object and the second tradable object, and where the first order is submitted to a first electronic exchange and the second order is submitted to a second electronic exchange;

receiving an electronic market data transmission from the first electronic exchange for a first updated order parameter for the first order, the electronic market data transmission being received at a first time when both the first order is executable at the first electronic exchange and the second order is executable at the second electronic exchange; and

submitting an update message to the second electronic exchange to update the second order with a second updated order parameter determined according to the predetermined relationship and the first updated order parameter.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16, where the update message comprises any of a cancel command for the second order, a new second order for the second tradable object, an updated second quantity of the second tradable object, and combinations thereof.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 16 where the acts further comprise submitting a change message to the second electronic exchange to change any of the second price and the second quantity according to the predetermined relationship in response to a change in any of the first price and the first quantity.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16, where the first updated order parameter for the first order comprises an update to the first quantity.

20. A computing device for electronic trading, comprising:

an order transmitter configured to submit a first order for a first quantity of a first tradable object at a first price and a second order for a second quantity of a second tradable object at a second price in response to receiving a user command, where the second price is determined according to the first price and a predetermined relationship between the first tradable object and the second tradable object, and where the first order is submitted to a first electronic exchange and the second order is submitted to a second electronic exchange;

a market data input configured to receive an electronic market data transmission from the first electronic exchange for a first updated order parameter for the first order, the electronic market data transmission being received at a first time when both the first order is executable at the first electronic exchange and the second order is executable at the second electronic exchange; and

a pending order manager configured to submit an update message to the second electronic exchange to update the second order with a second updated order parameter determined according to the predetermined relationship and the first updated order parameter.