Patent ID: 7689499
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying market data on a video display comprising: receiving a streaming market data feed from an electronic exchange, the market data feed comprising market updates having a plurality of parameters, the plurality of parameters comprising a last traded price and an inside market with a best bid price and a best ask price currently available for a tradeable object; displaying a first indicator representing the best bid price currently available for the tradeable object at a first location corresponding to a first price level along a price axis, and a second indicator representing the best ask price currently available for the tradeable object at a second location corresponding to a second price level along the price axis; displaying a market movement indicator at a third location corresponding to a third price level along the price axis; and in response to receiving new market updates in the market data feed from the electronic exchange, adjusting a view of the price axis, including the first indicator, the second indicator and the market indicator, such that the first indicator and the second indicator are located in a predetermined viewable area of the video display and the market movement indicator indicates a range of price levels including the third price level and a price level of at least one of a plurality of parameters of the new market updates.