Patent ID: 8301535
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of processing financial instrument data to identify stock option spreads, comprising: receiving by a computer system financial data from at least one data source; processing within the computer system the financial data to derive values for a set of searchable parameters corresponding to stock option spreads; receiving by the computer system user defined search criteria for searching the searchable parameters corresponding to the stock option spreads; searching by the computer system the values derived for the set of searchable parameters for values having the user defined search criteria; and formatting at the computer system results from searching, the formatting results comprising creating a list of option spreads having values for the set of searchable parameters that match the user defined search criteria, wherein processing within the computer system the financial data to derive values for a set of searchable parameters comprises calculating values for a plurality of searchable parameters including, but not limited to, percentage returns for a plurality of different option spreads, wherein receiving by the computer system user defined search criteria comprises receiving a plurality of user defined search criteria including, but not limited to, a value relating to percentage return, and wherein searching by the computer system the values derived for the set of searchable parameters for values having the user defined criteria comprises searching for option spreads with a percentage return satisfying the value relating to percentage return.