Patent ID: 8229833

Claim:
A method for a Self Regulated Organization to calculate and attribute quote share credits to its members comprising the steps of: a. storing on a computer readable medium by a processor executing processing instructions inputted trading data for a trading day , the trading data including a plurality of messages corresponding to at least one displayed order; b. dividing the trading day into one-second intervals by the processor executing processing instructions ; c. retrieving from the computer readable medium the trading data by the processor executing processing instructions; d. determining from the plurality of messages that the displayed order was displayed and available to trade for one full second or more at a beginning of one or more one-second interval by the processor executing processing instructions, wherein a price of said displayed order is equal to the price of the NBBO, and wherein said order does not lock or cross a market; e. calculating quote credits of said determined displayed order by multiplying the price times the quantity of said displayed order at each interval by the processor executing processing instructions; and f. storing said quote credits by date, member, and symbol on the computer readable medium by the processor executing processing instructions.