Patent ID: 8346655

Claim:
A method of facilitating Financial Instruments (F.I.'s) trading comprising: receiving from a user, via a graphic user interface (GUI), parameters defining a first trade, wherein said parameters include an expiration time; allocating, by associated processing circuitry, a first identifier to said first user defined trade; displaying to the user possible outcomes of said first user defined trade; executing said first user defined trade in response to a user interaction with a control element within the GUI associated with the first identifier; rendering and displaying, within the GUI, details of a current condition of said first executed trade; displaying, within the GUI, details of an offer to perform a mid-trade option in relation to said first executed trade prior to the expiration time, wherein said displayed offer is associated with a second identifier; and executing, by the associated processing circuitry, said mid-trade option in response to a user interaction with a control element within the GUI associated with the second identifier.