Authorization of a Trading Strategy Algorithm

A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to at least:

• implement a user interface operable to at least:
• display a trading algorithm definition corresponding to a trading algorithm designed on a client computing device, to enable a risk manager to review the trading algorithm;
• receive at least one user input authorizing the trading algorithm definition to be executed on an algorithm server, and requesting that a unique identifier corresponding to the trading algorithm definition be sent to the algorithm server;
• and
• send a notification to a device to be accessed by a user, indicating that the unique identifier has been sent to the algorithm server.

A method comprising:

• accepting a received approved trading algorithm, a received trader identifier, and an unique identifier corresponding to the approved trading algorithm;
• determining in response to receiving an authorization identifier whether the authorization identifier corresponds to at least one of the trader identifier or the unique identifier;
• executing, in response to the authorization identifier corresponding to at least one of the trader identifier or the unique identifier, programming code representing the approved trading algorithm;
• and
• rejecting, in responsive to the authorization identifier not corresponding to at least one of the trader identifier or the unique identifier, the programming code and sending a notification indicating that the programming code was not executed.

A tangible computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a computing device to at least:

• accept a received approved trading algorithm;
• store the approved trading algorithm, a trader identifier, and an unique identifier corresponding to the approved trading algorithm;
• accept a received authorization identifier;
• determine whether the authorization identifier corresponds to at least one of the trader identifier or the unique identifier;
• in response to the authorization identifier corresponding to at least one of the trader identifier or the unique identifier, execute programming code representing the approved trading algorithm;
• and
• in response to the authorization identifier not corresponding to at least one of the trader identifier or the unique identifier, reject the programming code and send a notification indicating that the programming code was not executed.