Patent ID: 7822674

Claim:
A method for display of trading information from an exchange for a user, comprising the steps of: receiving exchange data including trading information on a computer via a connection from the exchange for a plurality of tradable interests; receiving data identifying tradable interests in the user's portfolio, said receiving step being performed by the computer; filtering said exchange data using the computer to remove data on tradable interests not in the user's portfolio to provide filtered exchange data; receiving user input filter criteria, said user input filter criteria including at least one of: portfolio member, exchange, security, time, and size; applying said user input filter criteria to the filtered exchange data; further filtering said filtered exchange data using the computer so as to remove data for transactions below a predetermined threshold wherein said threshold is a predetermined trade size to provide threshold filtered exchange data; and from said threshold filtered exchange data, displaying on the computer only data related to consummated transactions of tradable interests, said displaying including displaying, with respect to each consummated transaction, prevailing market quotes for the tradable interest at the time of the consummated transaction, said displaying including showing at least: tradable interest identity, last trade price, last trade size, best bid and best offer, and time of the last trade, said displaying step including displaying consummated transactions by others.