Patent ID: 8374952

Claim:
A method for administering a trade for an item, the method comprising: displaying a value axis via a trading screen associated with a computing device, the value axis having periodic graduations of value derived from market information for the item, where each of the periodic graduations corresponds to a selectable location to trade the item; displaying pending order indicators along the value axis via the computing device, each of the pending order indicators being associated with at least one order pending execution at an electronic exchange and being displayed relative to the value axis according to an associated price for the at least one order; receiving a first selection according to manipulation of a cursor relative to a first selectable location corresponding to at least one of the periodic graduations via an input device associated with the computing device, where the first selectable location is associated with a first price for a first order for the item; and causing, via the computing device, the first order for a predetermined quantity of the item at the first price to be submitted for execution.