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- Patent Title: System and method for graphically displaying market related data using fixed size bars
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Application No.: US13372462Application Date: 2012-02-13
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Publication No.: US08355981B2Publication Date: 2013-01-15
- Inventor: Robert A. West
- Applicant: Robert A. West
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: Trading Technologies International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Trading Technologies International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Agency: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00

Abstract:
A system and method are provided for displaying market related data, such as traded volume at each price level, or any other trader-selected values, using one or more fixed size bars. In one preferred embodiment, a graphical display interface is provided and includes a plurality of fixed size bars that display traded volume at different price levels. In such an embodiment, the length of each bar may correspond to a predefined maximum value, and each bar may be progressively color-coded using a first graphical format to represent traded volume that is lower than the maximum value. If the traded volume exceeds the maximum value, the overflow value may be represented by progressively color-coding the bar using a second graphical format that may be used in relation to the first graphical format color-coding.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120139934A1 System and Method for Graphically Displaying Market Related Data Using Fixed Size Bars Public/Granted day:2012-06-07
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