Patent ID: 7752118

Claim:
A method for displaying and controlling risk related information in an electronic trading environment, the method comprising: creating by a computer device a display interface comprising a nodal display and at least one display grid, wherein the nodal display comprises a plurality of data nodes associated with trader-related risk information being automatically updated based on fill information being received from at least one electronic exchange, and wherein the nodal display includes the ability to select and manipulate data nodes to different locations in the nodal display; selecting by the computer device data nodes in the nodal display to be mapped to the at least one display grid; displaying by the computer device trader-related risk information associated with the selected data nodes on the at least one display grid, wherein the trader-related risk information is displayed on the at least one display grid according to an arrangement of the data nodes in the nodal display; receiving by the computer device a user input that selects a first data node from a first location in the nodal display and moves the first data node to a second location in the nodal display, wherein the nodal display comprises a new arrangement of data nodes; and responsive to said user input, updating by the computer device the at least one display grid so that the trader-related risk information is displayed on the at least one display grid according to the new arrangement of data nodes in the nodal display.