Patent ID: 7702566

Claim:
A method for displaying market information relating to a commodity being traded in a market, the method including: consolidating, by a computing device, a first plurality of price levels for a commodity such that the first plurality of price levels are combined into a first consolidated price level, wherein the first consolidated price level is arranged along with a plurality of other consolidated price levels on a common price axis; consolidating, by the computing device, a second plurality of price levels for the commodity such that the second plurality of price levels are combined into a second consolidated price level, wherein the second consolidated price level is arranged along with the plurality of other consolidated price levels on the common price axis; consolidating, by the computing device, a plurality of bid indicators into a consolidated bid indicator, wherein the consolidated bid indicator represents bid quantity associated with the first plurality of price levels within the first consolidated price level, wherein each bid indicator represents bid quantity associated with a price level of the first plurality of price levels; consolidating, by the computing device, a plurality of ask indicators into a consolidated ask indicator, wherein the consolidated ask indicator represents ask quantity associated with the second plurality of price levels within the second consolidated price level, wherein each ask indicator represents ask quantity associated with a price level of the second plurality of price levels; displaying on a user interface of the computing device the consolidated bid indicator in one of a plurality of locations in a bid display region that corresponds to the first consolidated price level, wherein each location in the bid display region corresponds to a consolidated price level along the common price axis; displaying on the user interface of the computing device the consolidated ask indicator in one of a plurality of locations in an ask display region that corresponds to the second consolidated price level, wherein each location in the ask display region corresponds to a consolidated price level along the common price axis; and displaying a plurality of locations in an order entry region, wherein each location in the order entry region corresponds to a consolidated price level along the common price axis, and wherein each location in the order entry region is configured to receive a single action command from a user input device that sets a plurality of parameters for a trade order relating to the commodity and sends the trade order to an electronic exchange.