System and method for selecting a financial instrument to trade based on a match between a preferred measure of expected return of a user in computer platforms configured for improved electronic execution of electronic transactions

A computing device for hosting an electronic communication session for trading a financial instrument between an initiating user and one or more dealer users, the computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• hosting an electronic communication session for the initiating user to select a target financial instrument to trade, wherein the hosting comprises:
• receiving a request to begin the electronic communication session from an initiating user computing device associated with the initiating user, the request identifying at least one preferred instrument feature of the initiating user relating to the target financial instrument to be traded;
• receiving a plurality of instrument feature data items relating to a plurality of characteristics of a plurality of financial instruments available to trade;
• clustering, using at least one clustering machine learning model, the plurality of financial instruments into a plurality of instrument feature groups based at least in part on at least one characteristic of the plurality of characteristics of the plurality of instrument feature data items;
• classifying, using the at least one clustering machine learning model, the target financial instrument into at least one instrument feature group of the plurality of instrument feature groups based at least in part on the at least one preferred instrument feature and the plurality of characteristics of the plurality of instrument feature data items;
• wherein the at least one instrument feature group defines one or more similar financial instruments to the target financial instrument;
• identifying one or more dealer users for acting as an intermediate entity for trading the one or more similar financial instruments based at least in part on the one or more similar financial instruments;
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• instructing the initiating user computing device to display a graphical user interface (“GUI”), wherein the GUI comprises:
• a list of the one or more similar financial instruments and one or more active links to connect with the one or more dealer users;
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• wherein each of the one or more similar financial instruments is presented in association with a similarity measure representing a degree of similarity between the at least one preferred instrument feature and the plurality of characteristics of each similar financial instrument of the one or more similar financial instruments.