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App. No. 17/975,781

FACILITIES FOR FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS BASED ON EVENT HAPPENINGS

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App. No.
17/975,781
Abstract

Various embodiments of trading in financial instruments are given. In some embodiments, a trading venue may allow trading in futures contacts that relate to the outcome of competitions, such as sporting events, television competitions, and so on.

Claims (7)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, information defining a winning parameter of a contest from a contest expert;

listing, by the computing device, a financial instrument that gives a holder of the financial instrument a right to a payment based on an outcome the contest and the winning parameter;

receiving, by the computing device, an offer to sell the financial instrument at a first price;

receiving, by the computing device, a bid to buy the financial instrument at the first price;

matching, by the computing device and in response to receiving the bid for the first price and receiving the offer for the first price, the offer and the bid; and

facilitating, by the computing device and in response to matching the bid and the offer, a trade that fulfills at last a part of each of the bid and the offer.