Patent ID: 8131629

Claim:
A method including: obtaining by a computing device a first highest bid price and a first lowest ask price for a first tradeable object; obtaining by the computing device a second highest bid price and a second lowest ask price for a second tradeable object; obtaining by the computing device a first spread highest bid price and a first spread lowest ask price, wherein the first spread highest bid price and the first spread lowest ask price are associated with a first type of spread between the first tradeable object and the second tradeable object; generating by the computing device a trading screen, wherein generating the trading screen includes: generating by the computing device a first area including the first highest bid price, the first lowest ask price, and a first identifier associated with the first tradeable object; generating by the computing device a second area including the second highest bid price, the second lowest ask price, and a second identifier associated with the second tradeable object, wherein the second area is generated substantially adjacent to the first area along a first axis; and generating by the computing device a first spread area including the first spread highest bid price and the first spread lowest ask price, wherein the first spread area is generated along a second axis, wherein the second axis is parallel and substantially adjacent to the first axis, wherein the first spread area is substantially centered with respect to the first area and the second area to correlate the first type of spread to the first tradeable object and the second tradeable object; displaying by the computing device the trading screen on a graphical user interface; providing by the computing device a first order entry region configured to receive a command to initiate a trade order for the first tradeable object, wherein the first order entry region is provided in relation to the first area, wherein the trade order for the first tradeable object includes a price corresponding to one of the first highest bid price and the first lowest ask price; providing by the computing device a second order entry region configured to receive a command to initiate a trade order for the second tradeable object, wherein the second order entry region is provided in relation to the second area, wherein the trade order for the second tradable object includes a price corresponding to one of the second highest bid price and the second lowest ask price; and providing by the computing device a first spread order entry region configured to receive a command to initiate a trade order for the first type of spread, wherein the first spread order entry region is provided in relation to the first spread area, wherein the trade order for the first type of spread includes a price corresponding to one of the first spread highest bid price and the first spread lowest ask price.