Displaying market data
View Patent ↗A system for generating a display of at least one side of a market includes a computer system having one or more computers. The displayed side of the market includes one or more offers from one or more market participants. Each offer includes an offered price and an offered quantity. The computer system receives market data reflecting the one or more offers and generates a display of the received market data. The display includes a price axis, a quantity axis, and one or more offer bars. Each offer bar represents one or more offers including equal offered prices. Placement of an offer bar along the price axis represents the equal offered prices for the one or more offers represented by the offer bar. The height of an offer bar relative to the quantity axis represents the aggregate offered quantity for the one or more offers represented by the offer bar.
1. A computer-implemented method for generating a display of at least one side of a market, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computer, market data representing one or more offers, from one or more market participant computers, each offer comprising an offered price and an offered quantity;
generating, by the computer, a display of the received market data, the display comprising a price axis, a quantity axis, a first price curve comprising a plot of average offered price as a function of quantity, and a second price curve comprising a plot of average offered price as a function of quantity and an approved market participant list for a user;
accessing, by the computer, a quantity specified by the user;
calculating, by the computer, a first average offered price comprising a price at which the specified quantity is available independent of the approved market participant list;
calculating, by the computer, a second average offered price comprising a price at which the specified quantity is available taking into account the approved market participant list; and
indicating, by the computer, the first and second calculated average offered prices within the display of the received market data.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication of the first and second calculated average offered prices comprises a line placed along the quantity axis at the specified quantity, the line intersecting the first price curve at the first calculated average offered price, the line intersecting the second price curve at the second calculated average offered price.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the offers comprise asks.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the market participant computers comprise seller computers.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein offered prices comprise ask prices.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein offered quantities comprise ask quantities.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the approved market participant list comprises an approved seller list.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the calculated first and second average offered prices each comprise an average buy price at which the specified quantity is available.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
accessing an average price specified by the user;
calculating a first offered quantity and a second offered quantity, the first calculated offered quantity comprising a quantity available at the specified average price independent of the approved market participant list, the second calculated offered quantity comprising a quantity available at the specified average price taking into account the approved market participant list, the first calculated offered quantity is greater than or equal to the second calculated offered quantity; and
indicating the first and second calculated offered quantities within the display of the received market data.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving new market data representing one or more changes in the one or more offers; and
in response to receiving the new market data, updating the display of the market data.
11. A computer-implemented method for generating a display of at least one side of a market, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computer, market data representing one or more asks, from one or more seller computers, each ask comprising an ask price and an ask quantity;
generating, by the computer, a display of the received market data, the display comprising a price axis, a quantity axis, and one or more ask bars, each ask bar representing one or more asks comprising substantially equal ask prices, placement of an ask bar along the price axis representing the substantially equal ask prices for the one or more asks represented by the ask bar, height of an ask bar relative to the quantity axis representing an aggregate ask quantity for the one or more asks represented by the ask bar;
accessing, by the computer, an average buy price specified by a user;
calculating, by the computer, a quantity available at the average buy price based on the received market data; and
indicating the specified average buy price within the display of the received market data.
12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the indication of the specified average buy price comprising a line placed along the price axis at the specified average price.
13. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
indicating the calculated quantity within the display of the received market data, the indication of the calculated quantity comprising a line placed along the quantity axis at the calculated offered quantity.
14. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
accessing a quantity specified by the user;
calculating an average buy price at which the specified quantity is available based on the market data; and
indicating the specified quantity within the display of the received market data, the indication of the specified quantity comprising a line placed along the quantity axis at the specified quantity.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
indicating the calculated average buy price within the display of the received market data, the indication of the calculated average buy price comprising a line placed along the price axis at the calculated average buy price.
16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
receiving new market data representing one or more changes in the one or more asks; and
in response to receiving the new market data, updating the display of the market data.
17. A computer-implemented method for generating a display of at least one side of a market, the method comprising:
receiving, by a computer, market data reflecting one or more offers, from one or more market participant computers, each offer comprising an offered price and an offered quantity;
generating, by the computer, a display of the received market data, the display comprising a price axis, a quantity axis, and one or more offer bars, each offer bar representing one or more offers comprising substantially equal offered prices, placement of an offer bar along the price axis representing the substantially equal offered prices for one or more offers represented by the offer bar, height of an offer bar relative to the quantity axis representing an aggregate offered quantity for the one or more offers represented by the offer bar;
accessing, by the computer, an average price specified by a user;
calculating, by the computer, an offered quantity available at the specified average offered price based on the received market data; and
indicating the computer, the calculated offered quantity within the display of the received market data.