Patent ID: 8190501

Claim:
A method for displaying market information relating to a commodity being traded in a market, the method including: generating by a computing device a consolidated price level, wherein the consolidated price level represents a range of price levels for a commodity; generating by the computing device a consolidated quantity indicator, wherein the consolidated quantity indicator represents a plurality of quantity indicators associated with the range of price levels for the commodity represented by the consolidated price level; displaying by the computing device on a user interface of an electronic trading system the consolidated quantity indicator in association with the consolidated price level on a price axis including a plurality of consolidated price levels for the commodity, wherein the consolidated price level is displayed on the price axis in place of the range of price levels; and displaying by the computing device a plurality of locations in an order entry region, wherein each location in the order entry region corresponds to a consolidated price level along the price axis, and wherein each location in the order entry region is configured to receive a single action command from a user input device that sets a plurality of parameters for a trade order relating to the commodity and sends the trade order to an electronic exchange.