Patent ID: 8019674

Claim:
A method for mapping market information for a plurality of tradable objects, comprising: receiving first market information for a first tradable object and second market information for a second tradable object via a client terminal; displaying, via an output device associated with the client terminal, a view of a first price axis having a first plurality of locations each corresponding to a price level for the first tradable object and a view of a second price axis having a second plurality of locations each corresponding to a price level of the second tradable object; displaying a first plurality of indicators along the first price axis according to the first market information for the first tradable object and a second plurality of indicators along the second price axis according to the second market information for the second tradable object; receiving a command to reposition the view of the first price axis a number of price levels, via an input device associated with the client terminal; shifting the view of the first price axis the number of price levels in response to the command to a new view of the first price axis, via the output device; applying, via the client terminal, a predetermined repositioning ratio defining a relative repositioning movement between the first market information and the second market information to the number of price levels to determine a new view of the second price axis; and shifting the view of the second price axis to the new view of the second price axis in response to repositioning the view of the first price axis and according to the predetermined repositioning ratio.