Tabs Based Drag and Drop Graphical Trading Interface

摘要

The interface comprises one or more grids, each grid typically associated with a specific security. GUI objects or icons representing orders of a specific quantity may be dragged and dropped onto the grid to place, change, or cancel orders. The Grids are contained within tab pages, which are further contained as tab sets. Status icons are used to represent open, filled, and cancelled orders. The Icon Locate and Order locate feature allows orders on the Grid and Icons in the status panels to be easily associated and cross referenced by a visual indication. Status Icons may be stamped with their associated order type, quantity, trading symbol, and or status. Similarly, the status icons may take the form of corporate logos and adjust in size according to the value or quantity of a position. An Icon packing feature allows status icons to be efficiently placed within their total panel area such that the status icons are visible to the user. Advertising content may be displayed on the trading interface main window and also conveniently packaged within any tabpage or panel.

主权项

1. A graphical trading interface comprising of a graphical interface adapted to display market trading data received from at least one market participant, wherein said graphical interface establishes connections with any backend systems used by any market participant through communication channels; wherein said market trading data includes information chosen from the group of market trading data consisting of: order data as to buy, sell, or other trading orders, quote data as to bid and ask prices, volume, market participant identifiers, and other parameters, and wherein said market trading data is transmitted to said graphical interface from said back end system in computer-readable electronic format; wherein said graphical interface includes at least one display panel for graphically presenting market trading data, wherein said market trading data is graphically presented on said at least one display panels; wherein an intended trading order or a trading order is represented on said at least one display panel by a GUI object, wherein said GUI object is selected and positioned over said at least one display panel, by a user of said graphical interface, using pointing and positioning means for pointing and positioning a GUI object on said graphical interface; wherein the act of selecting and positioning said GUI object representing said trading order, over said at least one display panel, effects order placement or order modification instructions, and wherein said GUI object has an associated GUI object representing the status of the trading order.