摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of allowing users to define and trade in binary options and/or other financial instruments.SOLUTION: A method includes the steps of: providing a trading computer device with first information from an electronic exchange; receiving, from the trading computer device, a request to have a binary option listed on the exchange; soliciting bids and offers from a plurality of potential market makers; listing the binary option on the exchange; providing, to a plurality of additional trading computer devices, second information from the exchange; receiving, by the exchange, respective additional bids and additional offers; matching, by the exchange, the additional bids and the additional offers; and settling the respective binary options contracts at the expiration time.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 |