Patent ID: 7908570
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for sending trade orders to buy or sell a tradeable object at an electronic exchange, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer device, a first user command from a user input device to move a cursor over a location corresponding to a first price level displayed on a trading screen; setting, via the computer device, a price for a trade order to buy or sell the tradeable object at the first price level, in response to the cursor being moved over the location; receiving an update to the trading screen, by the computer device, subsequent to the cursor being moved over the location, where the update includes changing the first price level to a second price level different from the first price level; subsequent to the update and prior to receiving another user command to move the cursor to another location, maintaining, by the computer device, the trade order at the first price level; and subsequently, receiving, by the computer device, a second user command from the user input device to send the trade order in an order message to an electronic exchange, wherein the order message comprises the first price level; and sending, by the computer device, the order message to the electronic exchange responsive to the second user command.