Systems and methods for displaying information about financial markets

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium whose contents enable a computing system to display information about financial market data, by performing a method comprising:

• identifying a attribute of performance of a market aspect;
• determining a first time interval that includes a first time and a second time, wherein the first time interval covers at least one day;
• automatically generating a first indicator of performance of the market aspect, the generated first indicator including a line having an origin that reflects a value of the attribute of the performance of the market aspect observed at the first time and a destination that reflects a value of the attribute of the performance of the market aspect observed at the second time, wherein the line of the generated first indicator has a horizontal component of nonzero length on a horizontal axis, wherein the line of the generated first indicator has a vertical component of nonzero length on a vertical axis, wherein the line of the generated first indicator is positioned at an angle to the horizontal axis, and wherein the angle increases as a function of a difference between the value of the first attribute of the performance of the market aspect observed at the second time and the value of the first attribute of the performance of the market aspect observed at the first time;
• determining a second time interval that includes a third time and a fourth time, wherein the second time interval covers at least one day;
• automatically generating a second indicator of performance of the market aspect, the generated second indicator including a line having an origin that reflects a value of the first attribute of the performance of the market aspect observed at the third time and a destination that reflects a value of the first attribute of the performance of the market aspect observed at the fourth time, wherein the second indicator is positioned at an angle to a horizontal axis, and wherein the angle of each of the first and second indicators is greater than 0 and less than 90 degrees;
• and
• initiating display of the generated first and second indicators on a two-dimensional display medium, wherein the line of the first indicator and the line of the second indicator each have a thickness that reflects a value of a second attribute of performance of the market aspect, wherein the thickness of the line of the first indicator varies from a first thickness at the origin of the line of the first indicator to a second thickness at the destination of the line of the first indicator, such that the first thickness reflects a value of the second attribute observed at the first time and the second thickness reflects a value of the second attribute observed at the second time.

A computing device configured to display information about financial market data, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory;
• and
• a module stored on the memory that is configured, when executed by the processor, to:
• provide a designation of a market aspect to a remote market performance indicator provider, the provider configured to:
• determine a first time interval that includes a first time and a second time, wherein the first time interval covers at least one day;
• automatically generate a first indicator of performance of the designated market aspect, the generated indicator including a line having an origin that reflects a value of an attribute of performance of the designated market aspect observed at the first time and a destination that reflects a value of the attribute of performance of the designated market aspect observed at the second time, wherein the line of the generated first indicator has a horizontal component of nonzero length on a horizontal axis, wherein the line of the generated first indicator has a vertical component of nonzero length on a vertical axis, wherein the line of the generated first indicator is positioned at an angle to the horizontal axis, and wherein the angle increases as a function of a difference between the value of the attribute of the performance of the designated market aspect observed at the second time and the value of the attribute of the performance of the designated market aspect observed at the first time;
• determine a second time interval that includes a third time and a fourth time, wherein the second time interval covers at least one day;
• and
• automatically generate a second indicator of performance of the market aspect, the generated second indicator including a line having an origin that reflects a value of the first attribute of the performance of the market aspect observed at the third time and a destination that reflects a value of the first attribute of the performance of the market aspect observed at the fourth time, wherein the second indicator is positioned at an angle to a horizontal axis, and wherein the angle of each of the first and second indicators is greater than 0 and less than 90 degrees;
• receive from the remote market performance indicator provider a description of the generated first and second indicators of performance of the designated market aspect;
• and
• initiate display of the generated first and second indicators on a two-dimensional display medium, wherein the line of the first indicator and the line of the second indicator each have a thickness that reflects a value of a second attribute of performance of the market aspect, wherein the thickness of the line of the first indicator varies from a first thickness at the origin of the line of the first indicator to a second thickness at the destination of the line of the first indicator, such that the first thickness reflects a value of the second attribute observed at the first time and the second thickness reflects a value of the second attribute observed at the second time.