Systems and methods for improving auction liquidity

An apparatus for improving liquidity in a securities auction, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a storage device in communication with said processor, storing a plurality of predetermined covers that each has a plurality of options, and storing instructions adapted to be executed by said processor to cause the processor to:
• provide a user interactive interface via which at least one of the plurality of covers selectable, each cover being refrenceable multiple times for selection from the storage device for a plurality of auctions, the selection of the cover being dependent upon the type of security of the auction;
• calculate a fair value price for each option in the selected at least one of the plurality of covers;
• create an order associated with each of the options, the order being created based on the selected at least one of the plurality of covers and the calculated fair value price;
• submit the orders during the auction;
• receive a feed of data identifying current orders in said auction;
• analyze each of said current orders to identify an order which, if submitted, will cause, compared to the others of said orders, a largest predefined economic effect, wherein, for each of said current orders, the economic effect of the respective order is calculated as a ratio of a change in a sum of the premium of all the current orders in the auction, divided by the premium of the respective order;
• provide a user interface for entering parameters of a potential order;
• calculate a list of possible orders for the potential order that match the entered parameters, the possible orders having characteristic information;
• and
• display the characteristic information to the user;
• wherein:
• the at least one cover is at least one of a fundamental cover, a vanilla cover, and a digital cover;
• and
• the data identifying current orders in said auction includes at least one of an order identifier, a specification as a buy, a specification as a sell, an amount, a type of order, a limit amount, a strike price, a volume, and a premium.

A computer-implemented method of improving liquidity in a securities auction, comprising:

• storing, by a processor and in a storage device, a plurality of predetermined covers that each has a plurality of options;
• selecting, by the processor, at least one of the plurality of covers, each cover being referenceable multiple times for selection from the storage device for a plurality of auctions, the selection of the cover being dependent upon the type of security of the auction;
• calculating, by the processor, a fair value price for each option in the selected at least one of the plurality of covers;
• creating an order associated with each of the options, the order being created based on the selected at least one of the plurality of covers and the calculated fair value price;
• submitting the orders during the auction via a computer;
• receiving, by the processor, a feed of data identifying current orders in said auction;
• analyzing, by the processor, each of said current orders to identify an order which, if submitted, will cause, compared to the others of said orders, a largest predefined economic effect, wherein, for each of said current orders, the economic effect of the respective order is calculated as a ratio of a change in a sum of the premium of all the current orders in the auction, divided by the premium of the respective order;
• providing a user interface for entering parameters of a potential order;
• calculating, by the processor, a list of possible orders for the potential order that match the entered parameters, the possible orders having characteristic information;
• and
• displaying the characteristic information to the user;
• wherein:
• the at least one cover is at least one of a fundamental cover, a vanilla cover, and a digital cover;
• and
• the data identifying current orders in said auction includes at least one of an order identifier, a specification as a buy, a specification as a sell, an amount, a type of order, a limit amount, a strike price, a volume, and a premium.