METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRONIC OPTION TRADING BANDWIDTH REDUCTION AND ELECTRONIC OPTION RISK MANAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT FOR MULTI-MARKET ELECTRONIC TRADING

摘要

A method and system for providing electronic option trading bandwidth reduction and risk management and assessment for multi-market electronic trading. Data streams including electronic option trading information are split into plural individual data streams by a server network device and/or one or more network interface cards (NICs). The individual data streams are made available to target network devices using less network bandwidth and fewer processing cycles that would be required to process the whole data including the electronic option trading information. The option trading risk assessment and management information includes an “integrated viewpoint” that aggregates an option trader's activities across all their electronic option trading accounts, their current and historical option trades and option trade locations on all option trading exchanges.