Systemic investment data analysis

A method for outputting investment defining data, said method comprising the steps of

• periodically obtaining financial data from a source of real-time financial data;
• updating a data structure with said obtained financial data;
• processing said data in said data structure with a plurality of data processing modules, wherein said plurality of processing functions collectively define a systemic financial data processing application;
• and
• outputting said processed data to a financial trading organisation, said output investment data being processed thereat as at least one currency or bond trade.

A computer programmed to output investment defining data, comprising processing means, memory means, networking means and visual display means, said memory means storing at least one data structure and instructions which configure said processing means to

• periodically obtain financial data from at least one remote terminal to which said computer is connected by way of said networking means;
• update said data structure with said obtained financial data;
• process said data in said data structure according to a plurality of data processing modules, wherein said plurality of processing modules collectively define a systemic financial data processing application;
• and
• output said systemic data to said visual display means or to at least one other networked terminal to which said computer is also connected by way of said networking means, said output investment data being processed thereat as at least one currency or bond trade.