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Granted Patent B2
US 12,236,482 · App. 17/332,998 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Large block trading

Inventors: Howard W. Lutnick (New York, NY); Dean P. Alderucci (Westport, CT); Mark Miller (Chicago, IL); Andrew Fishkind (New York, NY); Kevin Foley (New York, NY); William Rice (Los Angeles, CA); Brian L. Gay (Fair Haven, NJ); Philip Marber (Boca Raton, FL); Charles Plott (Pasadena, CA)
Assignee: CFPH, LLC
G06Q40/04G06Q40/00
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Patent No.
US 12,236,482
App. No.
17/332,998
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for administering trade orders are described. An embodiment comprises receiving, from a first server operated by a first trader, a communication including a first trade order and one or more selection criteria, the first trade order including at least one of a specified instrument, a specified quantity, and a specified price; determining that a database of trade orders does not contain a trade order matching the first trade order; identifying a plurality of traders satisfying the selection criteria; sending, to a plurality of second servers, a query including at least one of the specified instrument, the specified quantity, and the specified price; receiving, from a one of the plurality of second servers operated on behalf of a second trader, a positive response to the query; and facilitating execution of a trade between the first trader and the second trader for the specified instrument at the specified price.

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

controlling, by at least one processor:

receiving, from a first interface of a first server operated on behalf of a first trader, an electronic communication including data indicating a first trade order and one or more selection criteria, the first trade order including a specified instrument and at least one of a specified quantity or a specified price;

transmitting to second interfaces of a plurality of second servers wherein at least one of the plurality of second servers does not meet the one or more selection criteria, data indicating a query including: (a) a key comprising a string of data interpretable by each of the plurality of second servers that indicates whether a positive trade response from the each of the plurality of second servers would be facilitated, and (b) the specified instrument with the at least one of the specified quantity or the specified price, wherein a positive trade response from at least one of the plurality of second servers would not be facilitated;

receiving, from at least one of the second interfaces of at least one of the plurality of second servers, data indicating a positive response to the query to trade the specified instrument with the at least one of the specified quantity or the specified price, in which the positive response is based on the at least one of the plurality of second servers determining from the key that the positive trade response would be facilitated;

before executing an electronic trade between the first trader and at least one second trader, (1) determining a first identity of the first trader and a second identity of the at least one second trader, (2) generating electronic signals to issue commands for preventing the first identity of the first trader from being communicated to the at least one second trader, and (3) generating electronic signals to issue commands for preventing the second identity of the at least one second trader from being communicated to the first trader; and

responsive to receiving the data indicating the positive response, executing the electronic trade between the first trader and the at least one second trader, without the first identity of the first trader being communicated to the at least one second trader.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising identifying a plurality of second traders based on determining that a trading history of each of the plurality of second traders satisfies the one or more of the selection criteria, the plurality of second traders including the at least one second trader, and wherein each one of the plurality of second traders operates a particular one of the plurality of second servers.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the trading history of the each of the plurality of second traders includes a positive response rate and the one or more of the selection criteria include a minimum positive response rate, and

wherein determining that the trading history of the each of the plurality of second traders satisfies the one or more of the selection criteria includes determining that the positive response rate of the each of the plurality of second traders equals or exceeds the minimum positive response rate.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the trading history of the each of the plurality of second traders includes a positive response rate for the specified instrument and the one or more of the selection criteria include a minimum positive response rate for the specified instrument, and

wherein determining that the trading history of the each of the plurality of second traders satisfies the one or more of the selection criteria includes determining that the positive response rate for the specified instrument of the each of the plurality of second traders equals or exceeds the minimum positive response rate for the specified instrument.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the trading history of the each of the plurality of second traders includes a positive response rate for a set of instruments and the one or more of the selection criteria include a minimum positive response rate for the set of instruments, and

wherein determining that the trading history of the each of the plurality of second traders satisfies the one or more of the selection criteria includes determining that the positive response rate for the set of instruments of the each of the plurality of second traders equals or exceeds the minimum positive response rate for the set of instruments.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of instruments includes instruments relating to a particular entity.

7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of instruments includes instruments relating to a particular industry.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of instruments includes instruments associated with entities having a particular market capitalization.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of instruments includes an enumerated set of instruments.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of instruments includes any instrument characterized by a specified parameter.

11. The method of claim 5 , wherein the set of instruments includes the specified instrument and an instrument substitutable for the specified instrument.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first server includes an order management system.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first server is in communication with an order management system.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second servers includes an order management system.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second servers is in communication with an order management system.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the query further comprises:

formatting the query in a format readable by an order management system.

17. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor configured to control:

receiving, from a first interface of a first server operated on behalf of a first trader, an electronic communication including data indicating a first trade order and one or more selection criteria, the first trade order including a specified instrument and at least one of a specified quantity or a specified price;

transmitting to second interfaces of a plurality of second servers wherein at least one of the plurality of second servers does not meet the one or more selection criteria, data indicating a query including: (a) a key comprising a string of data interpretable by each of the plurality of second servers that indicates whether a positive trade response from the each of the plurality of second servers would be facilitated, and (b) the specified instrument with the at least one of the specified quantity or the specified price, wherein a positive trade response from at least one of the plurality of second servers would not be facilitated;

receiving, from at least one of the second interfaces of at least one of the plurality of second servers, data indicating a positive response to the query to trade the specified instrument with the at least one of the specified quantity or the specified price, in which the positive response is based on the at least one of the plurality of second servers determining from the key that the positive trade response would be facilitated;

before executing an electronic trade between the first trader and at least one second trader, (1) determining a first identity of the first trader and a second identity of the at least one second trader, (2) generating electronic signals to issue commands for preventing the first identity of the first trader from being communicated to the at least one of second trader, and (3) generating electronic signals to issue commands for preventing the second identity of the at least one second trader from being communicated to the first trader; and

responsive to receiving the data indicating the positive response, executing the electronic trade between the first trader and the at least one second trader, without the first identity of the first trader being communicated to the at least one second trader.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein transmitting the query further comprises:

formatting the query in a format readable by an order management system.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, control:

receiving, from a first interface of a first server operated on behalf of a first trader, an electronic communication including data indicating a first trade order and one or more selection criteria, the first trade order including a specified instrument and at least one of a specified quantity or a specified price;

transmitting to second interfaces of a plurality of second servers wherein at least one of the plurality of second servers does not meet the one or more selection criteria, data indicating a query including: (a) a key comprising a string of data interpretable by each of the plurality of second servers that indicates whether a positive trade response from the each of the plurality of second servers would be facilitated, and (b) the specified instrument with the at least one of the specified quantity or the specified price, wherein a positive trade response at least one of the plurality of second servers would not be facilitated;

receiving, from at least one of the second interfaces of at least one of the plurality of second servers, data indicating a positive response to the query to trade the specified instrument with the at least one of the specified quantity or the specified price, in which the positive response is based on the at least one of the plurality of second servers determining from the key that the positive trade response would be facilitated;

before executing an electronic trade between the first trader and at least one second trader, (1) determining a first identity of the first trader and a second identity of the at least one second trader, (2) generating electronic signals to issue commands for preventing the first identity of the first trader from being communicated to the at least one second trader, and (3) generating electronic signals to issue commands for preventing the second identity of the at least one second trader from being communicated to the first trader; and

responsive to receiving the data indicating the positive response, executing the electronic trade between the first trader and the at least one second trader, without the first identity of the first trader being communicated to the at least one of second trader.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein transmitting the query further comprises:

formatting the query in a format readable by an order management system.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 16189558 · Nov 13, 2018
Continuation 14319157 · Jun 30, 2014
Continuation 12271027 · Nov 14, 2008
Provisional Application 60988426 · Nov 15, 2007
Related Publication 20210287290A1 · Sep 16, 2021
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