System and Method for Determining Implied Market Information

Abstract

Implied prices and their quantities are computed. Markets are characterized by exhaustively computing one or more combinations of other related markets. Each combination when summed in a particular way results in the market under consideration. In a described embodiment, the number of market combinations found is an exhaustive list of market combinations such that the market under consideration can be fully and completely characterized, such that each combination provides implied market information about the market under consideration. Implied market information can include implied prices and their quantities, which are computed for each combination and used accordingly in displays or used by automated or semi-automated trading tools.

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         2 . A computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by a processor, wherein the instructions are executable to:
 iteratively generate a plurality of combination vectors based on at least two vectors of a plurality of available vectors using vector substitution, wherein the plurality of available vectors includes a plurality of identity vectors, one or more definition vectors, and previously generated combination vectors, wherein each identity vector represents a different tradeable object of a plurality of tradeable objects, wherein the plurality of tradeable objects includes one or more strategy markets, wherein each of the one or more strategy markets includes two or more tradeable objects of the plurality of tradeable objects, wherein each identity vector is of a dimension equal to a number of tradeable objects in the plurality of tradeable objects, wherein each definition vector represents one of the one or more strategy markets, wherein each definition vector is of a dimension equal to the number of tradeable objects in the plurality of tradeable objects, wherein each of the plurality of combination vectors represents an independent market combination for one of the tradeable objects in the plurality of tradeable objects;   determine implied market information using the plurality of combination vectors, wherein the implied market information includes implied order prices for one or more of the plurality of tradeable objects; and   provide the implied market information to a second computing device.   
     
     
         3 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the plurality of tradeable objects includes a first tradeable object and a second tradeable object, wherein the first tradeable object is at a different exchange than the second tradeable object. 
     
     
         4 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more strategy markets are spread markets. 
     
     
         5 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of tradeable objects is synthetic. 
     
     
         6 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein iteratively generating the plurality of combination vectors continues for a predetermined number of iterations. 
     
     
         7 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein iteratively generating the plurality of combination vectors continues until no new combination vectors are generated. 
     
     
         8 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the implied market information is determined using a linear optimization method. 
     
     
         9 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the implied order prices for the one or more plurality of tradeable objects include inside market prices. 
     
     
         10 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein an electronic exchange includes the processor. 
     
     
         11 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein a server includes the processor. 
     
     
         12 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein a gateway includes the processor. 
     
     
         13 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein a client device includes the processor. 
     
     
         14 . The computer readable medium of  claim 13 , wherein the second computing device includes the client device, wherein providing the implied market information includes providing the implied market information from a first application component to a second application component. 
     
     
         15 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the second computing device is a client device. 
     
     
         16 . The computer readable medium of  claim 15 , wherein the implied market information is displayed by the client device. 
     
     
         17 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the implied market information includes implied order quantities corresponding to the implied order prices. 
     
     
         18 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further executable to:
 receive new market data related to at least one of the plurality of tradeable objects;   determine updated implied market information using the plurality of combination vectors and the new market data; and   provide the updated implied market information to the second computing device.   
     
     
         19 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further executable to:
 receive a notification of a new tradeable object, wherein the new tradeable object is not included in the plurality of tradeable objects, wherein the new tradeable object is related to at least one of the tradeable objects in the plurality of tradeable objects;   add the new tradeable object to the plurality of tradeable objects to create a new plurality of tradeable objects; and   determine new implied market information using a new plurality of combination vectors generated based on the new plurality of tradeable objects.   
     
     
         20 . The computer readable medium of  claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further executable to:
 receive a notification that a first tradeable object in the plurality of tradeable objects is no longer available;   remove the first tradeable object from the plurality of tradeable objects to create a new plurality of tradeable objects; and   determine new implied market information using a new plurality of combination vectors generated based on the new plurality of tradeable objects.