Patent ID: 7742974
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for electronic trading comprising: receiving by a computing device electronic market data from a computerized matching process, the electronic market data associated with a tradeable object and comprising quantity information that is based, in part, on a flow based unit; converting by the computing device the quantity information that is based on the flow based unit to converted quantity information that is based on a contract based unit; displaying by a trading station the converted quantity information in a screen region of a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface being coupled to a microprocessor; receiving by the trading station a command through a user input device to initiate placement of a trade order to buy or sell the tradeable object, the trade order having an order quantity parameter that is based on the contract based unit; converting by the computing device the order quantity parameter that is based on the contract based unit to a converted order quantity parameter that is based on the flow based unit; and sending by the computing device the trade order to the computerized matching process, wherein the trade order comprises the converted order quantity parameter.