System and method for displaying trading data

摘要

A system and method are provided for presenting trading information. One example method includes displaying a plurality of effective trade indicators corresponding to price levels at which effective trades have been initiated, and displaying trading information corresponding to each effective trade. The effective trades can be determined based on user-configured trade definitions. The trading information can include a traded quantity and profit/loss corresponding to each effective trade. In addition to the trading information, current market information could be displayed as well in relation to the plurality of effective trades.

主权项

1. A method including:
displaying by a computing device a plurality of price levels corresponding to a tradeable object within a graphical user interface on a computer screen; selecting by the computing device a group of filled orders from a plurality of orders for the tradeable object as an effective trade based on a user configurable definition, wherein each of the plurality of orders has been filled, wherein the group of filled orders includes two or more of the plurality of orders, wherein the user configurable definition is used to determine a first order from the plurality of orders initiating the effective trade and which other orders in the plurality of orders should be grouped with the first order, wherein the effective trade is associated with a designated price; computing by the computing device a total traded quantity value for the effective trade based on the group of filled orders and data relating to the plurality of orders; and displaying by the computing device the total traded quantity value at a location corresponding to the designated price in the plurality of price levels within the graphical user interface.