Patent ID: 7590587
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for use with a trader workstation for displaying securities market transaction information comprising: a. receiving transaction information regarding a selected security via a computing device, the information including a price of at least one trade; b. receiving order book information regarding open orders for a selected security via the computing device; c. determining whether each of a user-selected range of trades represented in the transaction information was seller-initiated or buyer-initiated via the computing device, according to both the transaction information and order book information, an open sell order in the order book being bought comprising a buyer-initiated trade and an open buy order in the order book being sold comprising a seller-initiated trade; d. displaying for each trade of a user-selected security within the user-selected range of transactions represented in said transaction information an indicium representing said price of such trade via an output device associated with the computing device, the indicium having an appearance distinguishing between buyer-initiated and seller-initiated trades; and e. displaying at least a subset of the order book information relating to the user-selected security adjacent said indicia via the output device.