Patent ID: 7080050

Claim:
A method for bartering publicly traded securities on a computerized system, comprising: displaying a plurality of barter orders to a user, each of said barter orders comprising a first security and a second security to be exchanged in a barter transaction, the second security different than the first security; communicating in association with each barter order a value ratio determined by a combination of the ratios x/y and a/b where: a=a sale value of the first security to be sold, b=a market price of the first security to be sold, x=the purchase value of the second security to be acquired and y=a market price of the second security to be acquired; receiving from said user a barter order selection for processing; transmitting the barter order selection to a third party for processing; receiving a confirmation of the processing of said barter order selection; and displaying said confirmation to said user.