Method and system for displaying a cursor on a trading screen
AssigneeTrading Technologies International, Inc.
InventorsJens-Uwe Schluetter, Robert A. West
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Abstract
A method, system, and computer program products are provided for updating the location of a cursor in a display window on a trading screen when certain events occurs. In a preferred embodiment, as market conditions change, the market information may be rearranged on a screen. To reduce the chances of missing a market opportunity by sending orders or managing them, the cursor moves in association with the market information such that the cursor appears fixed to the market information until a user moves the pointer device.
Claims12
A computer readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon, which when executed by a processor cause the processor to carry out acts comprising:
- receiving a first user command to place a cursor on a first location of a dynamic price axis displayed on a trading screen, the dynamic price axis being displayed according to market data received from an electronic exchange, the first location having a price;
- in response to receiving the first user command, setting a trade order with the price of the first location of the dynamic price axis;
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- subsequent to setting the trade order with the price:
- receiving a market update from the electronic exchange,
- updating the dynamic price axis displayed on the trading screen in response to receiving the market update, where the update includes changing the dynamic price axis to reposition the price to a second location of the dynamic price axis according to the market update, and
- subsequent to updating the dynamic price axis and prior to receiving another user command to cause the cursor to move to another location;
- maintaining the price for the trade order, and
- receiving a second user command to submit the trade order with the price to the electronic exchange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.