System and method for displaying a constant time selection context menu interface

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions to be executed by a processor, wherein the instructions are executable to:

• provide a trading interface on a display screen for use in trading a tradable object in an electronic trading environment, wherein the trading interface comprises an order entry region comprising a plurality of locations for receiving commands to send trade orders to buy or sell the tradable object, wherein the plurality of locations are arranged along a common price axis, and wherein each location is associated with a price along the common price axis;
• provide a context menu pop-up interface to be activated in relation to the trading interface upon receiving a command to select one of the plurality of locations in the order entry region with a pointer of a user input device, the context menu pop-up interface comprising a plurality of selection areas organized around a central area of the context menu pop-up interface, the placement of the central area on the display screen being based on the selected location, the plurality of selection areas comprising a plurality of order types to be selected to set an order type for a trade order to buy or sell the tradable object, wherein the plurality of selection areas increase in size as a distance from each selection area to the central area increases, and wherein the size of each of the plurality of selection areas is determined such that the plurality of selection areas can be selected in approximately the same time;
• select a location of the plurality of locations of the trading interface to initiate a first trade order to buy or sell the tradable object at a desired price corresponding to the selected location, wherein the first trade order is to be sent to an electronic exchange;
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• responsive to selecting the location of the trading interface, activate the context menu pop-up interface in relation to the selected location of the trading interface and selecting a selection area of the context menu pop-up interface to set a desired order type corresponding to the selection area for the first trade order.

A method comprising:

• displaying, by a computing device, on a display screen of a graphical user interface a plurality of locations corresponding to a plurality of prices currently available to buy or sell a tradable object at an electronic exchange;
• providing, by a computing device, a context menu pop-up interface comprising a plurality of selection areas organized around a central area of a context menu pop-up interface, the plurality of selection areas comprising a plurality of order quantities to be selected to modify an order quantity for a trade order pending at the electronic exchange for the tradable object;
• wherein the plurality of selection areas increase in size as a distance from the central selection area to each area increases, and wherein the size of each selection area is determined such that the plurality of selection areas can be selected in approximately the same time;
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• wherein the context menu pop-up interface is displayed responsive to a selection of a location of the plurality of locations that corresponds to a price of a trade order that is pending at the electronic exchange to modify an order quantity of the trade order at the price, wherein placement of the central area on the display screen is based on the selected location, and wherein the order quantity of the trade order is modified to a desired order quantity responsive to a selection of one of the plurality of selection areas of the context menu pop-up interface.