Patent ID: 8930258
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for order entry comprising: displaying, by a computer device, a trading screen having a display of a trading tool, wherein the trading tool has a trading tool element that is configured to perform at least one trade action and has a value and a location that are determined according to market data received from an electronic exchange; determining, by the computer device, whether the trading tool element should be active or inactive based on trade data and the market data, wherein the trading tool element, when active, is operable to perform the at least one trade action and, when inactive, is inoperable to perform the at least one trade action; dynamically, by the computer device, activating or deactivating the trading tool element in response to determining whether the element should be active or inactive in response to determining whether the trading tool element should be active or inactive; and changing, by the computer device, the display of the trading tool element to indicate whether the trading tool element is active or inactive.