Patent ID: 8977565
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a computing device of an electronic marketplace configured to: receive an indication of a first order from a remote system, in which the first order defines a first side of a first trade for a first financial instrument; receive an indication of a second order from the remote system, in which the second order defines a second side of a second trade for a second financial instrument; determine that an order management system of a buy-side participant includes a third order that defines an opposite side to the second side of the second trade for the second financial instrument, in which the order management system securely stores trading interests of thebuy-side participant, in which the order management system along with a plurality of other order management systems store a dark pool of liquidity that is accessible by the electronic marketplace; transmit a request for an acceptance to enter into the first trade and the second trade to the buy-side participant; receive an indication of the acceptance, in which the request for acceptance acknowledges that the third order is stored in the order management system as part of the dark pool of liquidity; and in response to receiving the indication of the acceptance, facilitate execution of the first trade and the second trade.