Mobile Securities Trading Platform

Abstract

A mobile securities trading platform interface may include a mobile order entry portion, a mobile portfolio view portion, a mobile stock price view portion, an investment education video programming portion (which may also be provided on a non-mobile version of the platform), and a portion for following trades of other users on the platform (which may also be provided on a non-mobile version of the platform).

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for presenting securities trading information to a user of a trading platform, the method comprising:
 a) providing a menu of a plurality of individuals to said user of said trading platform, wherein each of the plurality of individuals is associated with a respective one or more securities trades made through said trading platform;   b) receiving, from said user of said trading platform, a selection of at least one of the plurality of individuals;   c) providing, for said user of said trading platform, a graphical display of the respective one or more securities trades made through the trading platform; and.   d) providing, for said user of said trading platform, an investment information programming through said trading platform.   
     
     
         2 . The method for presenting securities trading information to a user of a trading platform of  claim 1 , wherein said investment information programming comprises one or more investment information videos. 
     
     
         3 . The method for presenting securities trading information to a user of a trading platform of  claim 1 , wherein said investment information programming comprises a live stream of an investment education video feed. 
     
     
         4 . The method for presenting securities trading information to a user of a trading platform of  claim 1 , wherein said investment information programming comprises video of one or more trading individuals, trading in real time and communicating over said trading platform about the security trades being made in real time. 
     
     
         5 . The method for presenting securities trading information to a user of a trading platform of  claim 1 , wherein the providing, for said user, said graphical display of the respective one or more securities trades made through the trading platform occurs in real time. 
     
     
         6 . The method for presenting securities trading information to a user of a trading platform of  claim 1 , wherein the providing, for said user, said investment information programming through said trading platform occurs in real time. 
     
     
         7 . A non-transitory, computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for presenting securities trading information pertaining to securities trades made through a trading platform to a user of said trading platform, the method comprising:
 a) collecting information respective of one or more transactions related to securities trading made by a plurality of individual traders through said trading platform;   b) collecting characteristics of each of said plurality of individual traders;   c) generating a graphical display of said one or more transactions related to securities trading made by said plurality of individual traders;   d) displaying said graphical display to said user of said trading platform;   e) listing said characteristics of each of said plurality of individual traders to said user of said trading platform;   f) receiving from said user of said trading platform a selection of at least one of said plurality of individual traders; and   g) providing to said user of said trading platform, securities trading information pertaining to the one or more securities trading transactions of said at least one of said plurality of individual traders selected by said user of said trading platform.   
     
     
         8 . The non-transitory, computer-readable memory of  claim 7 , wherein the characteristics of each of said plurality of individual traders includes one or more of a name, trading experience, account size, and risk tolerance. 
     
     
         9 . The non-transitory, computer-readable memory of  claim 7 , wherein the providing to said user of said trading platform a graphical display occurs in real time. 
     
     
         10 . The non-transitory, computer-readable memory of  claim 7 , wherein said at least one of said plurality of individual traders selected by said user of said trading platform provides a rationale for a particular transaction. 
     
     
         11 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of  claim 7 , wherein the securities trading information comprises a graphical display of the one or more securities trading transactions of said at least one of said plurality of individual traders selected by said user of said trading platform. 
     
     
         12 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of  claim 7 , wherein the securities trading information comprises a listing of the one or more securities trading transactions of said at least one of said plurality of individual traders selected by said user of said trading platform. 
     
     
         13 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of  claim 7 , wherein the securities trading information comprises one or more of trade structure, type of trade, probability of profit, time of trade, underlying quote visual snapshots of the diagrammatical and spatial display of the trade at the time it was sent, of the one or more securities trading transactions of said at least one of said plurality of individual traders selected by said user of said trading platform. 
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of  claim 7 , wherein the securities trading information comprises one or more of biographical information of, trade commentary by, additional data for a related stock or option of the one or more securities trading transactions of said at least one of said plurality of individual traders selected by said user of said trading platform.