IP Library Granted Patent US 8,775,298
Granted Patent B2
US 8,775,298 · App. 13/610,597 · Granted Jul 8, 2014

Methods and systems for directing and executing certified trading interests

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Patent No.
US 8,775,298
App. No.
13/610,597
Granted
Jul 8, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

One or more aspects comprise: (a) receiving confidential information that comprises data regarding first and second market participants; (b) receiving order and targeting parameters from said first participant; (c) receiving confidential trading interest information from said second participant; (d) identifying said second participant as a participant likely to take a contra side of said order; (e) routing said order to said second participant without revealing said first participant's identity or other confidential information regarding said first market participant, and wherein no information regarding said second participant or said confidential trading interest information received from said second participant is transferred to said first participant; and (f) producing a targeted dissemination list of market participants based on said confidential information and said order and targeting parameters, and wherein identifying a second participant that is most likely to take a contra side of said order is based on said dissemination list.

Claims (17)

1. A system for managing market information, comprising:

a trade router electronically coupled with a plurality of market participant computers, said router configured to:

receive electronically confidential information regarding market participants, wherein said confidential information regarding market participants comprises data regarding a first market participant and a second market participant;

receive electronically an electronically executable order and targeting parameters from said first market participant;

receive electronically confidential trading interest information from said second market participant;

identify said second market participant as a market participant that is most likely to take a contra side of said electronically executable order, wherein said identification of said second market participant is based, at least in part, on said received confidential information regarding market participants;

route said electronically executable order to said identified second market participant without revealing said first market participant's identity or other confidential information regarding said first market participant to said second market participant, and wherein no information regarding said second market participant or said confidential trading interest information received from said second market participant is transferred to said first market participant; and

produce a targeted dissemination list of market participants based, at least in part, on said received confidential information regarding market participants and said order and targeting parameters, and wherein the identification of said second market participant that is most likely to take a contra side of said order is further based on said dissemination list.

2. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said confidential trading interest information comprises certified trading interest information.

3. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said confidential trading interest information comprises a time of a call.

4. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said identification of said second market participant is further based on order size.

5. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said identification of said second market participant is further based on execution size.

6. A system as in claim 1 , wherein said identification of said second market participant is further based on price aggression.

7. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said identification of said second market participant is further based on location.

8. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said identification of said second market participant is further based on comparing past behavior of one or more market participants after said one or more market participants received notification of orders.

9. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said identification of said second market participant is further based on time of auction call.

10. A system as recited in claim 1 , wherein said identification of said second market participant is further based on comparing past behavior of one or more market participants after said one or more market participants received electronically executable orders.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2022
From: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC
To: VIRTU ITG SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 058746/0799 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2019
From: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: VIRTU ITG SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 050707/0015 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 21, 2019
From: ITG SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, INC
To: VIRTU ITG SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 050128/0708 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: VIRTU ITG SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLC
To: JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 048490/0359 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2019
From: VIRTU ITG SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS LLC
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 048498/0602 →