Patent ID: 7634437

Claim:
A method for presenting trading information, comprising: sending from a computing device a plurality of orders to an electronic exchange to buy or sell a tradeable object, wherein at least one of the plurality of orders is an order to buy the tradeable object and at least one of the plurality of orders is an order to sell the tradeable object; receiving at the computing device data relating to the plurality of orders indicating that each of the plurality of orders has been filled at the electronic exchange; selecting at the computing device a group of filled orders from the plurality of orders as a first effective trade based on a definition, wherein the group of filled orders includes two or more of the plurality of orders, wherein the definition is used to determine a first order from the plurality of orders initiating the first effective trade and which other orders in the plurality of orders should be grouped with the first order, wherein the first effective trade is associated with a designated price, wherein the designated price is the price of the first order; computing at the computing device a profit/loss value for the first effective trade based on the group of filled orders and the received data; and displaying, on a graphical user interface, the profit/loss value at a location that corresponds to the designated price.