Patent ID: 8150760

Claim:
A method for displaying market transaction information comprising: receiving via a trader workstation, having an electronic processor, from a market data system, transaction information and order book information relating to an order book for at least one exchange-listed tradeable object, the transaction information including price and volume of executed trades of at least one exchange-listed tradeable object and the order book information identifying at least one open order for the at least one exchange-listed tradeable object; determining, via the trader workstation, whether trades within a user-selected range of trades were seller-initiated or buyer-initiated according to the transaction information and the 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 book being sold comprising a seller-initiated trade; displaying, via the trader workstation, an indicator for trades of a user-selected exchange-listed tradeable object within a user-selected range of trades represented in a selectable portion of the transaction information, the indicator having an appearance controlled to distinguish between trades determined to be buyer-initiated and trades determined to be seller-initiated; and displaying, via the trader workstation, at least a subset of the order book information relating to the user-selected exchange-listed tradeable object adjacent the indicator.