System and method for portfolio synchronization
View Patent ↗A system and method for automated securities portfolio synchronization is provided. The system includes a lead trader account database, a follower account database, and a trade determination system. A follower provides a lead trader identification which is used to retrieve a lead trader portfolio from the lead trader account database for display to the Follower. The contents of the lead trader portfolio are compared to securities already owned by the follower and to a list of securities not to be purchased that is retrieved from the follower account database. The follower may then make adjustments to the lead trader portfolio and synchronize their portfolio to that of the lead trader.
1. A system for automated securities portfolio synchronization, said system including:
a trade follower contact database including trade follower identity data representing a plurality of trade followers associated with a lead trader;
a trade follower account database including, for each of said plurality of trade followers, trade follower identity data and electronically associated trade follower account data including a trade follower available account balance; and
an automated computerized trade determination system receiving an electronic trade initiation command from a lead trader computer, wherein said electronic trade initiation command includes lead trader identification data identifying said lead trader, lead trader share identification data identifying a security to be traded, and lead trader share number data identifying a number of shares of said security to be traded,
wherein said automated computerized trading system retrieves electronic price quote data representing a current price for said security identified in said lead trader share identification data,
wherein said automated computerized trading system multiplies said current price for said security with said lead trader share number to determine a lead trader total share price,
wherein said computerized trade determination system retrieves from said trade follower contact database said trade follower identity data representing a plurality of trade followers associated with said lead trader identified in said lead trader identification data,
wherein, for each of said plurality of trade followers, said computerized trade determination system retrieves from said trade follower account database the trade follower account balance associated with said trade follower,
wherein, for each of said plurality of trade followers, said computerized trade determination system compares said trade follower account balance with said lead trader total share price, and when said trade follower account balance exceeds said lead trader total share price, said computerized trade determination system determines an approved follower share number for said trade follower, wherein said approved follower share number is equal to said lead trader share number,
wherein said computerized trade determination system combines the number of shares represented by said approved trade follower share number for said plurality of trade followers with the number of shares represented by said lead trader share number data to determine a combined trade share number and automatically initiates execution of a combined trade of said security for the number of shares represented by said combined trade share number.