Patent ID: 7805357

Claim:
A system for managing trading orders of a trader, comprising: a processor; and a memory, communicatively coupled to the processor, that stores in a trader list that is associated in the memory with a first trader and that designates one or more other traders, in which the memory further stores instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to: receive a trading order from the first trader from a computer coupled to the processor over a network; after receiving the trading order from the first trader, transmit the trading order to a plurality of traders, wherein the plurality of traders does not comprise any of the one or more designated traders from the trader list; receive a specific trading order from a specific trader; receive at least two trading orders from a corresponding at least two traders not designated by the trader list; and transmit the specific trading order and the at least two trading orders to the first trader; determine that the specific trader is designated by the trader list; based on the determination that the specific trader is designated by the trader list, cause a display of the specific trading order at a display device to be dimmed or highlighted relative to a display of the at least two trading orders at the display device, in which the trader list designating the one or more other traders is stored before the acts of receiving the trading order from the first trader, receiving the specific trading order from the specific trader, and receiving the at least two trading orders from the corresponding at least two traders.