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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8160954 | System and method for creating a market map in an electronic trading environment A market map interface displays market information and trader-related information associated with at least two tradable objects. In one embodiment, the at least two graphical interfaces may be linked, and a user may define one or more adjustment parameters to be use... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156037 | Regulating order entry in an electronic trading environment to maintain an actual cost for a trading strategy A system and method for regulating order entry based on an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy are described. According to one example embodiment, a trader may define an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy as a percentage. The trader may also defin... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145553 | Flexible system and method for electronic trading System, method, and program products offer flexibility to the rather rigid way of trading in an electronic trading system. Orders for a tradeable object may typically get matched according to set terms and/or conditions at an electronic exchange. A trader may log on... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140428 | System and method for graphically displaying market related data using fixed size bars A system and method are provided for displaying market related data, such as traded volume at each price level, or any other trader-selected values, using one or more fixed size bars. In one preferred embodiment, a graphical display interface is provided and include... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8090637 | System and method for coalescing market data at a network device A network device coalesces data received from an exchange, and provides a user with the opportunity to receive fewer, but up-to-date, data updates from an exchange when duplicate prices become available or a large volume of prices becomes available suddenly. Accordi... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8086522 | System and method for changing the view of a trading screen A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8086521 | System and method for computing and displaying effective bid and ask information A data feed from an electronic exchange carries certain pieces of market information. Software at the trading station receives the data feed and computes an effective bid price and/or an effective ask price based on a particular quantity to trade. Then, the effectiv... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8078519 | System and method for changing order priority levels in an electronic trading environment A system and method for fee-based order priority level modification in an electronic trading environment are described. When an order reaches an exchange, a priority level of the order may be changed to a higher priority level, and the priority level of the order in... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8051001 | System and method for providing a linear spread A system and method for providing a linear spread in an electronic trading environment are described. According to one example embodiment, a trading system can receive market information associated to a trading strategy, known as a spread. The trader may also define... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8041622 | System and method for randomizing orders in an electronic trading environment When a trading application on a client terminal receives a trade order, a randomizer application may automatically randomize one or more order parameters to generate a randomized order. For example, an order quantity, a price level, and/or a time period between send... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8027910 | System and method for displaying highest and lowest traded prices of tradable objects A client terminal displays on a graphical interface a first indicator of a price associated with a lowest traded price of a tradable object during a predetermined period of time, a second indicator of a price associated with a highest traded price of the tradable ob... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8019674 | System and method for creating a market map in an electronic trading environment A market map interface displays market information and trader-related information associated with at least two tradable objects. In one embodiment, the at least two graphical interfaces may be linked, and a user may define one or more adjustment parameters to be use... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8010437 | System and method for improved order entry using market depth Market depth information pertaining to the hedging side is utilized to intelligently break a non-hedging order into multiple orders, such that the orders rest at cascading price levels. This way, the trader can benefit from sweeps in the book and still properly acco... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8006183 | System and method for using a curser to convey information Methods and systems are provided for the controlled cursor's behavior. According to one example method, any desired data may be linked to a cursor and a desired cursor behavior could be defined to convey the linked data using the cursor. When a change in the linked ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7996300 | Regulating order entry in an electronic trading environment to maintain an actual cost for a trading strategy A system and method for regulating order entry based on an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy are described. According to one example embodiment, a trader may define an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy as a percentage. The trader may also defin... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7930240 | Repositioning of market information on trading screens As market conditions descend or ascend an axis of prices, the display of market information is repositioned, at a pre-determined rate if desired, around an item of interest. An item of interest may include the best bid price, the best ask price, the inside market, a... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930233 | Flexible system and method for electronic trading System, method, and program products offer flexibility to the rather rigid way of trading in an electronic trading system. Orders for a tradeable object may typically get matched according to set terms and/or conditions at an electronic exchange. A trader may log on... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7917428 | System and method for changing the view of a trading screen A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7844532 | Method and interface for consolidating price levels on a trading screen A trading screen may display price and quantity information for price levels in a static axis of prices. The static axis of prices may be divided into two or more different regions. The price and quantity information for one or more of the regions may be consolidate... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7844531 | System and method for improved order entry using market depth Market depth information pertaining to the hedging side is utilized to intelligently break a non-hedging order into multiple orders, such that the orders rest at cascading price levels. This way, the trader can benefit from sweeps in the book and still properly acco... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7835964 | Visual representation and configuration of trading strategies A system and method are provided to visually represent and configure trading strategies used in electronic trading. The system and method may be used to visually represent, among other things, an acceptable range of prices for a trading strategy in relation to a gra... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7809628 | System and method for estimating order position A system and method for providing order queue position information are disclosed. In this application, market updates are received for a tradeable object from at least one exchange. To the extent that the market updates do not include enough details to compute the q... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7801800 | System and method for graphically displaying market related data using fixed size bars A system and method are provided for displaying market related data, such as traded volume at each price level, or any other trader-selected values, using one or more fixed size bars. In one preferred embodiment, a graphical display interface is provided and include... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7792741 | System and method for graphically displaying market related data using fixed size bars A system and method are provided for displaying market related data, such as traded volume at each price level, or any other trader-selected values, using one or more fixed size bars. In one preferred embodiment, a graphical display interface is provided and include... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7769671 | System and method for changing the view of a trading screen A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765134 | System and method for determining implied market information Implied prices and their quantities are computed. Markets are characterized by exhaustively computing one or more combinations of other related markets. Each combination when summed in a particular way results in the market under consideration. In a described embodi... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761362 | System and method for changing the view of a trading screen A trading screen displays market information, such as working orders, buy and sell orders, and other items of interest, in association with values on a value axis. Each item of interest is therefore displayed in relation to the value axis to provide a trader with an... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7742977 | System and method for dynamic quantity orders in an electronic trading environment A system and method for dynamic quantity orders in an electronic trading environment are described. According to one method, a dynamic quantity order includes a price, a desired order quantity and a percentage associated with an estimated order quantity that will be... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742974 | Flexible system and method for electronic trading System, method, and program products offer flexibility to the rather rigid way of trading in an electronic trading system. Orders for a tradeable object may typically get matched according to set terms and/or conditions at an electronic exchange. A trader may log on... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7742962 | System and method for coalescing market data at a client device A client device coalesces data received from an exchange, and provides a client application such as a graphical user interface with the opportunity to process fewer, but up-to-date, data updates from an exchange when a large volume of prices becomes available. Accor... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7701456 | System and method for assisted awareness A data feed is monitored to determine whether a condition is satisfied. If the condition is satisfied, an alert is initiated to attract a user's attention. Thereafter, playback mode is entered causing the example system to playback a short period of time-compressed ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7685049 | System and method for coalescing market data at a client device A client device coalesces data received from an exchange, and provides a client application such as a graphical user interface with the opportunity to process fewer, but up-to-date, data updates from an exchange when a large volume of prices becomes available. Accor... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7672898 | Regulating order entry in an electronic trading environment to maintain an actual cost for a trading strategy A system and method for regulating order entry based on an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy are described. According to one example embodiment, a trader may define an acceptable slop range for a trading strategy as a percentage. The trader may also defin... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7653589 | System and method for randomizing orders in an electronic trading environment When a trading application on a client terminal receives a trade order, a randomizer application may automatically randomize one or more order parameters to generate a randomized order. For example, an order quantity, a price level, and/or a time period between send... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7620579 | System and method for money management using a plurality of profit levels in an electronic trading environment A system and method for money management in an electronic trading environment are presented. According to one embodiment, a money management application intercepts an order before the order is sent to an exchange, and determines a plurality of P/L levels, based on w... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7613651 | Repositioning of market information on trading screens As market conditions descend or ascend an axis of prices, the display of market information is repositioned, at a pre-determined rate if desired, around an item of interest. An item of interest may include the best bid price, the best ask price, the inside market, a... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610237 | System and method for creating trade-related annotations in an electronic trading environment A client terminal displays a trading screen interface and an annotation interface in relation to the trading screen interface. The annotation interface allows a trader to enter trade-related annotations in a quick and efficient manner or flag a predetermined time an... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7590587 | System and method for analyzing and displaying security trade transactions Processing and charting security exchange trading and market information shows security traders if current transactions originated as buy orders or sell orders, and simultaneously indicates traded quantity. Security exchange trading information is received including... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590576 | Visual representation and configuration of trading strategies A system and method are provided to visually represent and configure trading strategies used in electronic trading. The system and method may be used to visually represent, among other things, an acceptable range of prices for a trading strategy in relation to a gra... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7587357 | Repositioning of market information on trading screens As market conditions descend or ascend an axis of prices, the display of market information is repositioned, at a pre-determined rate if desired, around an item of interest. An item of interest may include the best bid price, the best ask price, the inside market, a... | 09/08/2009 |
