Transaction tracking and display

1. A method of tracking and displaying transactions, comprising:

loading transactions related to an alert including one triggering transaction into a software module running on a processor;

identifying metadata associated with the transactions, including transaction type metadata, order identification metadata, customer type metadata, and triggering transaction metadata;

sorting the transactions by time-stamp;

sorting the transactions sorted by time stamp into order transactions and execution transactions;

for each order transaction, iteratively, (a) creating a new sequence line on a display for each unique order identification; and (b) placing each order transaction in time-stamp order on a sequence line corresponding to the unique order identification;

for each execution transaction, iteratively, (a) creating a new sequence line on the display for each unique order identification; and (b) placing each execution transaction in time-stamp order on a sequence line corresponding to the unique order identification; and

marking the triggering transaction on the display.

2. The method according to claim 1 , comprising positioning a transaction icon representing a single transaction in a sequence line on the display.

3. The method according to claim 2 , comprising positioning transaction type information immediately over each transaction icon.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the display includes transaction type information next to each transaction icon.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the transaction icon graphically identifies the associated transaction as a buy order, a buy execution, a sell order or a sell execution based on distinct color and graphic content.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the transaction type metadata indicates whether the transaction is a new, amended or canceled transaction.

7. The method according to claim 1 , comprising placing a customer type label next to each sequence line, the customer type label indicating a customer type selected from broker-dealer, customer, employee and proprietary.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the customer type label is positioned immediately below each sequence line.

9. The method according to claim 1 comprising for each sequence line calculating a percentage of orders executed of total orders on the sequence line and displaying the percentage.

10. A system for tracking and displaying transactions, the system comprising:

a display screen displaying transaction information from related transactions; and

a server comprising a processor configured to:

load transactions related to an alert including one triggering transaction;

identify metadata associated with the transactions, including transaction type metadata, order identification metadata, customer type metadata, and triggering transaction metadata;

sort the transactions by time-stamp;

sort the transactions sorted by time stamp into order transactions and execution transactions;

for each order transaction, iteratively, (a) create a new sequence line on the display screen for each unique order identification; and (b) place each order transaction in time-stamp order on a sequence line corresponding to the unique order identification;

for each execution transaction, iteratively, (a) create a new sequence line on the display screen for each unique order identification; and (b) place each execution transaction in time-stamp order on a sequence line corresponding to the unique order identification; and

mark the triggering transaction on the display screen.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to position a transaction icon representing a single transaction in a sequence line on the display.

12. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the processor is configured to position transaction type information immediately over each transaction icon.

13. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the display screen includes transaction type information next to each transaction icon.

14. The system according to claim 11 , wherein the transaction icon graphically identifies the associated transaction as a buy order, a buy execution, a sell order or a sell execution based on distinct color and graphic content.

15. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the transaction type metadata indicates whether the transaction is a new, amended or canceled transaction.

16. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is configured to place a customer type label next to each sequence line, the customer type label indicating a customer type selected from broker-dealer, customer, employee and proprietary.

17. The system according to claim 16 , wherein the customer type label is positioned immediately below each sequence line.

18. The system according to claim 10 wherein the processor is configured to for each sequence line calculate a percentage of orders executed of total orders on the sequence line and display the percentage.

19. A method, comprising:

identifying metadata associated with transactions related to an alert, including transaction type metadata, order identification metadata, customer type metadata, and triggering transaction metadata;

sorting the transactions into order transactions and execution transactions;

create a horizontal time axis;

for each order transaction, iteratively, (a) creating a new sequence line on a display for each unique order identification; and (b) placing each order transaction in time-stamp order on a sequence line corresponding to the unique order identification;

for each execution transaction, iteratively, (a) creating a new sequence line on the display for each unique order identification; and (b) placing each execution transaction in time-stamp order on a sequence line corresponding to the unique order identification; and

marking the triggering transaction on the display.

20. The method according to claim 19 , comprising positioning a transaction icon representing a single transaction in a sequence line on the display.

21. The method according to claim 19 , comprising placing a customer type label next to each sequence line, the customer type label indicating a customer type selected from broker-dealer, customer, employee and proprietary.

22. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the customer type label is positioned immediately below each sequence line.

23. The method according to claim 19 comprising for each sequence line calculating a percentage of orders executed of total orders on the sequence line and displaying the percentage.