Patent ID: 7827090

Claim:
A computerized method for determining and displaying trading trends comprising the steps of: obtaining market information for a currency pair for a time period, wherein the market information comprises at least (a) a first set of market data for the currency pair based on a series of consecutive first time intervals within the time period comprising a first opening value and a first closing value for each consecutive first time interval, (b) a second set of market data for the currency pair based on a series of consecutive second time intervals within the time period comprising a second opening value and a second closing value for each consecutive second time interval, and (c) the first time interval is not equal to the second time interval; calculating a first opening value trend for the first time intervals using a market trend indicator and the first opening values for the currency pair, and a second opening value trend for the second time intervals using the market trend indicator and the second opening values for the currency pair; calculating a first closing value trend for the first time intervals using the market trend indicator and the first closing values for the currency pair, and a second closing value trend for the second time intervals using the market trend indicator and the second closing values for the currency pair; simultaneously displaying in real-time at least a first visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicator for the first time intervals and a second visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicator for the second time intervals, wherein the first time intervals are not equal to the second time intervals; wherein the first visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicator for the first time intervals is based on a comparison of the first opening value trend to the first closing value trend for the currency pair, wherein the first visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicator is a first color whenever the first closing value trend is greater than the first opening value trend and the first visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicator is a second color whenever the first closing value trend is lower than the first opening value trend; wherein the second visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicator for the second time intervals is based on a comparison of the second opening value trend to the second closing value trend for the currency pair, wherein the second visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicator is the first color whenever the second closing value trend is greater than the second opening value trend and the second visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicator is the second color whenever the second closing value trend is lower than the second opening value trend; wherein the first and second visual favorable/unfavorable trade indicators signal whether it will be favorable or unfavorable to execute a trade involving the currency pair for the respective time intervals; and wherein the forgoing steps are executed by a computer.