Patent ID: 7844542
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating electronic trading of a financial instrument by a trader in accordance with a plurality of trading protocols, comprising: receiving an order to buy or sell a quantity of said financial instruments via a first display area for listing a first set of said financial instrument in accordance with said trader's preferred trading protocol, said trading protocol being one of the workup protocol or a FIFO protocol, said first set of financial instrument being maintained with a first order book controlled by said central computer system; and receiving an order to buy or sell a quantity of said financial instruments via a second display area for listing a second set of said financial instrument in accordance with said trader's alternative trading protocol, said trading protocol being the other of the workup protocol or the FIFO protocol, said second set of financial instrument being maintained with a second order book controlled by said central computer system; said first order book and said second order book being physically or logically separated by said computer system and said first set of said financial instrument and said second set of said financial instrument comprising a pool of said financial instrument.