Patent ID: 8145558
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for use with a trader workstation for displaying securities market transaction information comprising: receiving transaction information regarding a selected security via a trader work station having an electronic processor, the information including price of a plurality of trades; receiving order book information regarding an order book for a selected security, via the trader work station; determining, via the trader workstation, according to the transaction information and the order book information whether each of a user selected range of transactions represented in the transaction information was seller-initiated or buyer-initiated, 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; grouping, via the trader workstation, the trades into one or more auction events, the trades in each auction event being related to one another as determined by user-selectable criteria; displaying, via the trader workstation, for each trade of a user-selected security within the user-selected range of transactions represented in the transaction information a first indicia representing the price of such trade, the first indicia having an appearance distinguishing between buyer-initiated and seller-initiated trades, wherein for each of the auction events, the first indicia corresponding to all trades grouped into such auction event are displayed adjacently; and displaying, via the trader workstation, a second indicia identifying the beginning of each auction event of which a displayed trade is a member.