Combined order limit for a group of related transactions in an automated dealing system

摘要

An improved multiple order facility for a computerized trading system in which a first trader submits a plurality of orders for display and acceptance by other traders, including a first subsystem which permits the first trader to simultaneously generate a plurality of orders, and a second subsystem which displays the orders at computer terminals of the other traders to whom the orders were sent. Using the first subsystem, the first trader selects one or more financial instruments associated with a respective one of the orders from a displayed list of related financial instruments, selects a common quantity to be applied to each of the orders, and selects, for each order, a respective price at which the first trader is willing to buy or sell the financial instrument associated with that order. Each of the orders is then sent to a plurality of other trading using the computerized trading system. The second subsystem provides a display of the orders at computer terminals for each of the other traders to whom the orders were sent. Each order display includes the price for the financial instrument associated with the order as selected by the first trader; and an available quantity of the financial instrument associated with the order, the available quantity initially being equal to the common quantity set by the first trader and being reduced whenever a deal is made covering only a part of any of the plurality of orders by any of the other traders.