Patent ID: 8498922

Claim:
A method comprising: monitoring, via a processor, a trading activity of a user using a remote device that is remote to a trading system, in which the remote device and the processor are in electronic communication over a network; determining, via the processor based on monitoring the trading activity of the user, that a plurality of orders submitted by the user over a period of time exceeds a first threshold and that a spread of the plurality of orders exceeds a second threshold, in which the first threshold and the second threshold are determined in advance of the act of monitoring; designating, via the processor based on determining that the plurality of orders exceeds the first threshold and the second threshold, that the user qualifies for a special status; determining, via the processor in response to determining that the user qualifies for the special status, that the user is entitled to at least one incentive in trading; applying via the processor, the at least one incentive to an order submitted by the user, in which the at least one incentive provides the user with a priority in a trading queue; and executing via the processor based on the special status of the user, the order submitted by the user in advance of other orders in the trading queue.