Patent ID: 8688562

Claim:
A computer-based method for prioritized automated trading in an electronic trading environment, the method comprising: defining a first trading strategy and a second trading strategy at a computer device communicatively coupled with at least one electronic exchange, wherein the first trading strategy comprises a first rule for making a first trading decision for whether to submit a first order-related request to the at least one electronic exchange and the second trading strategy comprises a second rule for making a second trading decision for whether to submit a second order-related request to the at least one electronic exchange, where the first trading strategy and the second trading strategy are independent and non-sequential; defining at the computer device a first priority level and a second priority level for determine priority when the first and second trading strategies are to be executed substantially simultaneously; detecting by the computer device that the first and second trading strategies are to be executed substantially simultaneously; and executing by the computer device the first and second trading strategies in succession based on the first and second priority levels subsequent to the step of detecting.