Transactionally deterministic high speed financial exchange having improved, efficiency, communication, customization, performance, access, trading opportunities, credit controls, and fault tolerance

1. A system for reproducing a particular prior state of an electronic marketplace, the system comprising:

a logic component and a non-transitory memory coupled therewith having computer readable instructions stored therein configured to cause the logic component to:

determine the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace to be reproduced, wherein the particular prior state existed earlier in time;

retrieve a subset of data previously stored in the memory representative of all incoming transactions previously received by the electronic marketplace over a period of time for execution thereby from a plurality of market participants, the processing of each of which causes a change in at least an intermediate state of the electronic marketplace which results in generation of non-private market data transmitted to the plurality of market participants, the subset of data representative of only a plurality of previously received transactions for which sequential processing thereof would cumulatively result in reproduction of the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace to be reproduced; and

sequentially process each of the plurality of previously received transactions represented by the retrieved subset of data from the memory to simulate execution thereof to generate a simulated electronic marketplace having the reproduced particular prior state.

2. A system for reproducing a particular prior state of an electronic marketplace, the system comprising:

a processor and a non-transitory memory coupled therewith having computer readable instructions stored therein configured to cause the processor to:

determine the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace to be reproduced, wherein the particular prior state existed earlier in time;

retrieve a subset of data stored in the memory representative of all incoming transactions previously received by the electronic marketplace over a period of time for execution thereby from a plurality of market participants, the processing of each of which causes a change in at least an intermediate state of the electronic marketplace which results in generation of non-private market data transmitted to the plurality of market participants, the subset of data representative of only a plurality of previously received transactions for which sequential processing thereof would cumulatively result in reproduction of the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace to be reproduced; and

process, sequentially, each of the plurality of previously received transactions represented by the retrieved subset of data from the memory to simulate execution thereof to generate a simulated electronic marketplace having the reproduced particular prior state.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to determine a particular prior state of the electronic marketplace of interest and further evaluate the stored data to identify two or more subsets of transactions, an execution of which would result in the determined particular prior state of the electronic marketplace of interest.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to identify one or more patterns of two or more subsets of transactions.

5. The system of claim 4 wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to monitor receipt of each of a plurality of subsequently received transactions and detect when at least a portion of one or more of the patterns occurs therein.

6. The system of claim 4 wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to identify the one or more patterns of two or more subsets of transactions using a content addressable memory.

7. The system of claim 3 wherein the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace of interest comprises a substantial change in price or change in price change velocity of a traded financial product as compared with a prior state of the electronic marketplace to the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace.

8. The system of claim 2 wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to allow the stored data representative of one or more of a subset of the plurality of previously received transactions to be modified to modify the one or more transactions represented thereby and simulate execution of the subset of the plurality of previously received transactions, including the one or more modified transactions, to generate a simulated electronic marketplace having a state resulting therefrom which may be different than the particular state of the electronic marketplace which would result from execution of an unmodified subset of transactions, wherein the modifying includes modifying a content of the stored data representative of the one or more of the subset of the plurality of previously received transactions to be modified.

9. The system of claim 2 wherein the computer readable instructions are further configured to cause the processor to, for a particular state of the electronic marketplace, determine the stored data representative of all of the plurality of previously received transactions which are necessary to achieving the particular state.

10. A computer implemented method for reproducing a particular prior state of an electronic marketplace, the method comprising:

determining, by a processor, the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace to be reproduced, wherein the particular prior state existed earlier in time;

retrieving, by the processor, a subset of data stored in a non-transitory memory coupled with the processor representative of all incoming transactions previously received by the electronic marketplace over a period of time for execution thereby from a plurality of market participants, the processing of each of which causes a change in at least an intermediate state of the electronic marketplace which results in generation of non-private market data transmitted to the plurality of market participants, the subset of data representative of only a plurality of previously received transactions, a sequential processing of which would cumulatively result in reproduction of a particular prior state of the electronic marketplace to be reproduced; and

processing, sequentially by the processor, each of the plurality of previously received transactions represented by the retrieved subset of data from the memory to simulate execution thereof to generate a simulated electronic marketplace having the reproduced particular prior state.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising determining, by the processor, a particular prior state of the electronic marketplace of interest and further evaluating, by the processor, the stored data to identify two or more subsets of transactions, an execution of which would result in the determined particular prior state of the electronic marketplace of interest.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising identifying, by the processor, one or more patterns of two or more subsets of transactions.

13. The method of claim 12 further comprising monitoring the receipt of each of a plurality of subsequently received transactions and detecting when at least a portion of one or more of the patterns occurs therein.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the identifying further comprises using a content addressable memory.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace of interest comprises a substantial change in price or change in price change velocity of a traded financial product as compared with a prior state of the electronic marketplace to the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace.

16. The method of claim 10 further comprising allowing, by the processor, the stored data representative of one or more of a subset of the plurality of previously received transactions to be modified to modify the one or more transactions represented thereby and simulating, by the processor, execution of the subset of the plurality of previously received transactions, including the one or more modified transactions, to generate a simulated electronic marketplace having a state resulting therefrom which may be different than the particular state of the electronic marketplace which would result from execution of an unmodified subset of transactions, wherein the modifying includes modifying a content of the stored data representative of the one or more of the subset of the plurality of previously received transactions to be modified.

17. The method of claim 10 further comprising, for a particular state of the electronic marketplace, determining the stored data representative of all of the plurality of previously received transactions which are necessary to achieving the particular state.

18. A non-transitory system for reproducing a particular prior state of an electronic marketplace, the non-transitory system comprising:

means for determining of the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace to be reproduced, wherein the particular prior state existed earlier in time;

means for retrieving a subset of data stored in a memory representative of all incoming transactions previously received by the electronic marketplace over a period of time for execution thereby from a plurality of market participants, the processing of each of which causes a change in at least an intermediate state of the electronic marketplace which results in generation of non-private market data transmitted to the plurality of market participants, the subset of data representative of only a plurality of previously received transactions, a sequential processing of which would cumulatively result in reproduction of the particular prior state of the electronic marketplace to be reproduced; and

means for sequentially processing each of the plurality of previously received transactions represented by the retrieved subset of data from the memory to simulate execution thereof to generate a simulated electronic marketplace having the reproduced particular prior state.