Montage for an electronic market

A computer program product residing on a computer readable medium for executing instructions on a processor, the computer program product being operable to cause the processor to generate a dynamic quote window for a securities system, the dynamic quote window comprising:

• a quote montage rendered on an electronic monitor, the quote montage displays quotes from market participants to buy or sell a security;
• a plurality of controls disposed proximate to the quote montage, each of the controls displaying a price level and aggregated quote size at the price level for the security, the plurality of controls being color coded to associate with corresponding quotes in the montage and with selection of one of the controls launching a market order entry window.

A method of submitting an order in an electronic trading system comprises:

• displaying on an electronic display device a graphical user interface for the electronic trading system, the graphical user interface including a negotiation montage that displays quotes for at least one side of bid or ask quotes at various price levels for a product and a plurality of controls, each of the controls displaying a price level and an aggregate of all size of quotes or orders at that price level for quotes or orders that currently exist in the electronic trading system at that price for the at least one of bid or ask quotes that display a plurality of price levels for quotes for the product at current pricing conditions for the product;
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• selecting one of the plurality of controls to enter an order at the opposite side of the market from the quote for quotes that are in the system at the price level represented in the control, wherein the plurality of controls are color coded to associate the controls with corresponding quotes in the negotiation montage.

A computer program product residing on a computer readable for executing instructions on a processor, the computer program product being operable to cause the processor to rank quotes available at selected price levels by order-type based on market participant;

• and generate a graphical user interface for an electronic trading system, the graphical user interface for the electronic trading system comprising:
• a market order entry window for initiating trading of a financial security, the market order entry window being rendered on an electronic display device and being automatically populated with quotes available at selected price levels ranked by order-type based on market participant.