Order life-cycle visualization

An information processing apparatus, comprising:

• a transceiver configured to send and receive order data;
• a memory configured to store the order data for one or more broker accounts;
• and
• one or more processors operatively associated with the memory and the transceiver and configured to display a visualization for order activity, the one or more processors further configured to perform actions that include:
• receiving order data for one or more broker accounts from one or more broker devices, the order data including one or more order messages for one or more orders for one or more financial instruments;
• generating a graph, configured to be displayed on a display device, with a time scale displayed along a first axis of the graph and an order value scale displayed along a second axis of the graph;
• populating, via the one or more processors, the generated graph with one or more order objects, wherein:
• each of the one or more order objects is associated with an order from the one or more orders, and each of the one or more order objects represents an event in a life-cycle of the order with which the order object is associated;
• and
• for at least one of the one or more orders, the order objects associated with the order represent events in the life-cycle of the order that include:
• entry of the order;
• amendment of the order;
• and
• deletion of the order;
• and
• connecting, on the generated graph, the one or more order objects using one or more drawn lines, wherein the one or more drawn lines connect the order objects that are associated with a same order from the one or more orders.