Patent ID: 7412416

Claim:
A method for facilitating trading and displaying information regarding the buying and selling of a good, the method comprising: displaying a chart on a graphical user interface comprising a vertical axis of price values and a horizontal axis of time; displaying indicators representing historical trading data for the good at locations along the vertical axis of price values and the horizontal axis of time; providing a plurality of locations on the graphical user interface to place an order icon with a pointer of a user input device, each location corresponding to a particular price value along the vertical axis of price values; placing an order icon for a particular quantity of the good at a specific location of the plurality of locations along the vertical axis of price values with a pointer of an input device, wherein the specific location on which the order icon is placed corresponds to a particular price value; generating an order to buy or sell the particular quantity of the good at the particular price value responsive to placing the order icon at the specific location; and sending the order to an electronic trading system, wherein the order is for the particular quantity of the good and at the particular price value determined based on the location where the order icon was placed.