Patent ID: 8666869

Claim:
A processor-implemented method for electronic trading comprising: presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising: at least one option quote area for presenting a plurality of option quotes; an order entry area comprising input areas for inputting two or more option orders selected from the presented plurality of option quotes; and a submit user control to facilitate simultaneously placing multiple option orders, wherein each multiple simultaneous option order is individually configurable as a buy or sell; receiving via a processor a user selection of one of the presented plurality of option quotes for order placement; automatically populating at least one of the input areas of the order entry area with attributes of first and subsequent option orders corresponding to user-selected option quotes prior to simultaneous order placement; iteratively receiving a user selection and automatically populating the option order input area until the submit user control is activated; retrieving user preferred order placement parameters from a database; configuring the selected option orders with the retrieved user preferred order placement parameters; and placing the configured option orders simultaneously when the submit user control is activated.