Method and System for Displaying Trading Volumes of a Financial Asset by Time and Price

摘要

A computer-implemented method and system for displaying the market trading activity of a financial asset, comprising rectangular-shaped blocks drawn according to price (with respect to a vertical Y-axis), time (with respect to a horizontal X-axis) and the total traded volume at that price, during that time period (i.e. 1 minute, 10 minutes, 1 hour), wherein the color of the block is determined by the volume of the block compared to the maximum volume block on the chart. The system further comprises rectangular lines in the background color-coded to reflect the total traded volume at each price level, over multiple days, exponentially-weighted so that volume traded further back in the past is counted less. The preferred embodiment, further comprises a variety of user interface controls allowing the user to make adjustments and customize the chart displayed.