Financial instruments trading system and method

A system for conducting managed trading in collectible items, said system including:

• means for receiving and storing information from advisory service providers;
• means for distributing said information;
• said information including criteria describing the items;
• means for receiving and storing selection information from individuals where the selection information includes criteria describing conditional trading orders;
• processing means for comparing the criteria describing the items to be traded against the criteria describing the conditional trading orders to determine instances of partial or identical correspondence;
• and means for execution of a trading order for a purchase or sale of items where such trading order includes one or more of the aforementioned criteria.

An improved method to facilitate managed trading of collectible items, where an individual designates conditional criteria for trading such items, where a service provider designates certain recommended trading criteria, and where a system operator monitors trading activity between buyers and sellers, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) recording and storing sets of conditional trading criteria designated by individuals;
• b) recording and storing sets of recommended trading criteria designated by service providers;
• c) comparing the criteria contained in said sets of recommended and conditional trading criteria;
• d) identifying instances of partial or identical correspondence between sets of criteria so compared;
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• e) generating a trading order, where such trading order includes one or more of the aforementioned criteria.