Patent ID: 8036977

Claim:
A method for displaying market information using a graphical user interface, the method comprising: receiving, via a processor of a client device, market information from an electronic exchange for a tradeable object, the market information identifying a plurality of bid orders available for the tradeable object during a current time and a plurality of ask orders available for the tradeable object during the current time, each of the plurality of bid orders having a bid quantity at a bid price and each of the plurality of ask orders having an ask quantity at an ask price; displaying an axis of prices via an electronic display associated with the client device, the axis of prices having a plurality of price levels each associated with a price for the tradeable object; displaying a bid indicator along the axis of prices via the electronic display, the bid indicator being associated with at least one of the plurality of bid orders available for the tradeable object during the current time according to the market information and being displayed at one of the plurality of price levels corresponding to the bid price of the bid order associated with the bid indicator; displaying an ask indicator along the axis of prices via the electronic display, the ask indicator being associated with at least one of the plurality of ask orders available for the tradeable object during the current time according to the market information and being displayed at one of the plurality of price levels corresponding to the ask price of the ask order associated with the ask indicator; displaying, via the electronic display, a total bid indicator along at least one of the plurality of price levels corresponding to the bid price of the bid order associated with the bid indicator, the total bid indicator identifying a total bid quantity available at the at least one of the plurality of price levels corresponding to the bid price of the bid order associated with the bid indicator during a prior time period, the total bid quantity being determined according to the market information received during the prior time period; and displaying, via the electronic display, a total ask indicator along at the least one of the plurality of price levels corresponding to the ask price of the ask order associated with the ask indicator, the total ask indicator identifying a total ask quantity available at the at least one of the plurality of price levels corresponding to the ask price of the ask order associated with the ask indicator during the prior time period, the total ask quantity determined according to the market information received during the prior time period.