IP Library Granted Patent US 10,169,818
Granted Patent B2
US 10,169,818 · App. 15/006,836 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Systems and methods for routing trade orders based on exchange latency

Inventor: Patrick Joseph Rooney (St. Charles, IL)
Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.
G06Q40/04H04L43/0858H04L43/106H04L45/121
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Patent No.
US 10,169,818
App. No.
15/006,836
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for routing trade orders based on exchange latency are disclosed. An example method includes measuring a first latency associated with a first exchange based on a processing time of a first trade order; and routing a second trade order from a trading device to one of the first and a second exchange based on the first latency.

Claims (33)

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions when executed by a processor caused the processor to:

measure a first latency associated with a first exchange based on a first processing time of a first trade order, wherein the first processing time is based on a time when the first trade order has been fulfilled by the first exchange, wherein a processing speed of trade orders at the first electronic exchange changes during a trading session;

determine that the first trade order is a first type of trade order;

determine a collective latency score for the first type of trade order at the first exchange using the first latency;

receive a second trade order from a trading device;

determine that the collective latency score reaches a predetermined latency threshold defined for the first exchange; and

route the second trade order from the trading device to a second exchange based on the first latency associated with the first exchange and in response to identifying the second trade order as being of the first type of trade order.

2. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the computer readable medium is further configured to:

measure a second latency associated with the second exchange based on a second processing time of a third trade order, and wherein to route the second trade order from the trading device based on the first latency, the computer readable medium is configured to route the second trade order to one of the first and second exchanges having a lower latency.

3. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , further configured to:

compare the first latency with the predetermined latency threshold, and wherein to route the second trade order from the trading device to the second exchange based on the first latency, the computer readable medium is configured to route the second trade order to the second exchange when the first latency exceeds the predetermined latency threshold.

4. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , further configured to:

reference a set of redirection rules defined by the trading device, and to route the second order in accordance with the set of redirection rules.

5. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , further configured to:

determine whether the first latency exceeds a threshold; and

in response to the first latency exceeding the threshold:

calculate a second latency for the second exchange based on a second processing time of a third trade order at the second exchange;

calculate a third latency for a third exchange based on a third processing time of a fourth trade order at the third exchange; and

select one of the second and third exchanges having a lower latency for the routing of the second trade order.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 5 , further configured to:

in response to determining that the first latency has recovered, cease the calculations of the second and third latencies and routing trade orders to the first exchange.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , further configured to:

receive a first timestamp corresponding to receipt of the first trade order at the first exchange, wherein the processing time is determined based on the first timestamp.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first processing time of the first trade order is based on a time it took the first exchange to match a quantity of the first trade order.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , further configured to:

receive a second timestamp indicating that the first trade order has been fulfilled by the first exchange, wherein the processing time is further determined based on the second timestamp.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the second timestamp is defined in a message sent from the first exchange, wherein the message indicates the fulfillment of the first trade order.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the processing time is based on the first timestamp and the second timestamp.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the processing time is based on a difference between the first timestamp and the second timestamp.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the second timestamp is set when the first exchange has matched a quantity of the first order.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the processing time starts after the first order is received at the first exchange.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the processing time ends after the first order is fulfilled at the first exchange.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the processing time ends after a quantity of the first order is matched at the first exchange.

Assignments (6)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2025
From: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: HPS INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 073510/0758 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 5, 2025
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 073470/0522 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2022
From: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 061995/0117 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jun 15, 2022
From: ACF FINCO I LP
To: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 060791/0498 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2021
From: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: ACF FINCO I LP
Reel/Frame 057143/0825 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2016
From: ROONEY, PATRICK JOSEPH
To: TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 037588/0263 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13722649 · Dec 20, 2012
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