Patent ID: 8195554

Claim:
A system including: a client device, wherein the client device is adapted to receive market information for a tradeable object from an electronic exchange; wherein the client device is adapted to generate a plurality of price levels along a static axis of prices, the plurality of price levels pertaining to the market information for the tradeable object; wherein the client device is adapted to consolidate a first portion of the plurality of price levels along the static axis of prices, wherein every two or more price levels of the first portion are grouped into a consolidated price level, and wherein consolidating the first portion of the plurality of price levels results in a plurality of consolidated price levels; wherein the client device is adapted to consolidate quantity indicators for the every two or more price levels of the first portion into a consolidated quantity indicator, wherein the consolidated quantity indicator corresponds to the consolidated price level, and wherein consolidating the quality indicators for every two or more price levels of the first portion of the plurality of price levels results in a plurality of consolidated quantity levels; wherein the client device is adapted to display the plurality of consolidated price levels for the first portion of the plurality of price levels along the static axis of prices; wherein the client device is adapted to display the plurality of consolidated quantity indicators for the first portion of the plurality of price levels along the static axis of prices in alignment with the plurality of consolidated price levels; wherein the client device is adapted to display a second portion of the plurality of price levels along the static axis of prices without consolidation, wherein the first portion and the second portion align to form the static axis of prices; and wherein the client device is adapted to display quantity indicators for the second portion of the plurality of price levels in the static axis of prices in alignment with the second portion of the plurality of price levels, wherein the quantity indicators for the second portion are un-consolidated.