Composite Trading Order Processing System

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Solution Overview

Problem

Electronic trading systems face challenges in executing trading orders across multiple products and market centers due to insufficient liquidity and the complexity of identifying optimal trading opportunities, leading to delayed or unfilled orders.

Innovation Solution

A system that processes composite trading orders by generating a single composite value representing multiple trading products, allowing traders to submit a single order that automatically generates constituent orders to fill across related liquidity pools, thereby simplifying the trading process and ensuring sufficient liquidity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If traders manually track and prepare multiple separate trading orders for different products and market centers, then they can identify alternative trading opportunities, but the process becomes time-consuming and complex

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveability to trade across multiple products and market centersVSAvoidtime to identify and prepare trading orders
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines multiple separate trading orders for different products and market centers into a single composite trading order. The system aggregates liquidity across multiple market centers and products, allowing traders to submit one order that automatically routes to appropriate venues. This merging eliminates the need for traders to manually track and prepare multiple separate orders, significantly reducing time and complexity while maintaining the ability to access diverse trading opportunities across the financial ecosystem.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Reliability

If traders submit separate trading orders for each product and market center, then they can target specific liquidity pools, but the device complexity and information processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveability to fill trading ordersVSAvoidcomplexity of tracking multiple products and market centers
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a composite order processing system that acts as an intermediary between the trader and multiple market centers. This intermediary automatically aggregates liquidity information from various market centers, processes the composite order, and routes it to appropriate venues. The intermediary handles the complexity of tracking multiple products and market centers, while providing the trader with a simplified interface. This maintains reliable order filling by accessing multiple liquidity pools without exposing the trader to the underlying complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If insufficient liquidity exists in market centers, then traders may be left with unfilled orders, but manually identifying alternative products and market centers is time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveorder fill rateVSAvoidspeed of executing trading strategy
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent performs preliminary aggregation of liquidity information from multiple market centers and products before the trader submits the order. The system pre-processes market data, identifies available liquidity pools, and configures the composite order structure in advance. When the trader submits the composite order, the system already has pre-identified alternative execution venues ready, enabling immediate routing to appropriate market centers. This preliminary action ensures high order fill rates while maintaining rapid execution speed, as the system doesn't need to search for alternative venues in real-time.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS7711640B2Methods and apparatus for composite trading order processing
Publication Date: 2010.05.04 BGC PARTENRS INC
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AI summary

An apparatus for processing a composite trading order comprises an interface operable to display a composite value representing a weighted quantity of a plurality of trading products. The apparatus further comprises a processor operable to receive at least one input representing a composite trading order, wherein the at least one input comprises a quantity that is equal to at least a portion of the weighted quantity. The at least one input is usable to generate one or more constituent trading orders that, when filled, combine to satisfy the composite trading order.