Patent ID: 7457775

Claim:
A system for automated selection of securities within a pre-selected index of securities specified by a system provider for purchase and sale, comprising: A. a database to receive and store data representing each security within the pre-selected index; B. a processor programmed to communicate with the database and calculate price differentials based on the 52-week high price of each security within the pre-selected index, the processor further programmed to: i. automatically select at least one security within the pre-selected index that is trading at the greatest percentage removed from the 52-week high price for purchase of shares of the selected security; ii. automatically identify a target sell price for the selected security based on a percentage increase above the purchase price as determined by the system provider; iii. determine when the open market price of the selected security is trading at or above the target sell price for sale of the selected security; iv. the processor further programmed to communicate with a presentation/interaction functionality; C. the processor programmed to transmit information to the presentation/interaction functionality, the information comprising the selected securities within the pre-selected index for purchase and when the selected security should be sold, the processor further programmed to allow system providers to monitor trading activity within the system and to allow users to monitor user account activity remotely; and wherein the processor is programmed to automatically purchase and sell securities according to the information received by the presentation/interaction functionality from the processor.