Method and interface for historical display of market information

摘要

Trading software may receive information from an exchange. The trading software may track historical bid and ask information for a tradeable object. The trading software may display historical market depth information for the tradeable object on a trading screen.

主权项

1. A method for displaying market information comprising:
displaying, via an electronic display having an electronic processor, a bid indicator for at least one of a plurality of bid orders for a tradeable object, the bid indicator being displayed at one of a plurality of axially aligned price levels corresponding to a bid price of the at least one of the plurality of bid orders according to market information received from an electronic exchange during a current time; displaying, via the electronic display, an ask indicator for at least one of a plurality of ask orders for the tradeable object, the ask indicator being displayed at one of the plurality of axially aligned price levels corresponding to an ask price of the at least one of the plurality of ask orders according to the market information received from the electronic exchange during the current time; displaying, via the electronic display, a total bid indicator for a total bid quantity available at the one of the plurality of axially aligned price levels corresponding to the bid price of the at least one of the plurality of bid orders during a prior time period, the total bid quantity being determined according to the market information received from the electronic exchange during the prior time period; and displaying, via the electronic display, a total ask indicator for a total ask quantity available at the one of the plurality of axially aligned price levels corresponding to the ask price of the at least one of the plurality of ask orders during the prior time period, the total ask quantity being determined according to the market information received from the electronic exchange during the prior time period.