Patent Document ID: 7562039
Application ID: 09870387
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for displaying volatility between a successive sequence of data samples in a set of data samples, the method comprising: selecting, from data inputted into at least one computer, at least one data pertaining to members of the group consisting of: stocks, stock options, bonds, currency exchange rates, microeconomic values, macroeconomic values, stock exchanges, personal stock portfolios, turnover, return on net asset, inflation rate, unemployment, sports, science, opinion polls, sports team performance, technology, physical experiments, and sociology, a successive sub-sequence s(p) of data samples for analysis in a set S of data samples s(p):=(pt0,. .. , pt1); calculating, using the at least one computer, a standard deviation σ t 0 ,t 1 (p) of the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples to derive an unscaled volatility thereof; scaling, using the at least one computer, with a scale factor f the standard deviation σ t 0 ,t 1 (p) of the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples to derive a scaled volatility of the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples σ t 0 ,t 1 (p) ·f, the scale factor f being dependent on a length of the sub-sequence s(p); calculating, using the at least one computer, a net change in value R t,t+1 (p) between each set of successive data samples within the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples; mapping, using the at least one computer, to a Cartesian coordinate system with a first axis representing the net change in value between each set of successive data samples within the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples R t,t+1 (p) and a second axis representing the scaled volatility of the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples σ t 0 ,t 1 (p) ·f; calculating, using the at least one computer, a probability distribution of the net change; determining, using the at least one computer, a probability threshold value; and determining, using the at least one computer, a region within the Cartesian coordinate system associated with the probability distribution and the probability threshold value; and outputting, using the at least one computer, to a display on the Cartesian coordinate system the net change in value, within the determined region, between each set of successive data samples within the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples R t,t+1 (p) in relation to the scaled volatility of the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples σ t 0 ,t 1 (p) ·f to indicate to a user the scaled volatility between each set of successive data samples within the sub-sequence s(p) of data samples.