Method and apparatus for automated trading of equity securities using a real time data analysis

Abstract

A system and method for buying and selling securities based on volatility and liquidity rather than other fundamentals is demonstrated. The method involves: providing at least one decision model to buy and sell a security; inputting real-time data into the decision model; and automatically generating an order and executing transactions to buy and sell the security based in response to the decision model. The method continues in buying and selling the security based in response to decision model until the method is stopped.

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         15 . A customized securities trading system, comprising:
 a memory; and   at least one processor in communication with the memory, the memory storing computer instructions for performing a computer-assisted method of customizing a securities trading system to buy and sell securities in real time based, in part, on real-time market trends, the computer-assisted method comprising:
 receiving from a user, by a securities trading system, an indication of at least one security to be transacted by the securities trading system; 
 receiving from the user, by the securities trading system, for each of the at least one security, information to form a decision model to be used by the securities trading system, along with the real-time market trends, in cognitively deciding at least one transaction, wherein the at least one transaction comprises one of buying and selling one or more of the at least one security, and wherein the information comprises a plurality of decision levels, a relationship between successive decision levels of the plurality of decision levels, a plurality of components for each of the plurality of decision levels and, for each decision level, a relationship between the plurality of components; 
 receiving from the user, by the securities trading system, one or more system parameter to be used by the securities trading system to perform the at least one transaction, the one or more system parameter and the information resulting in a customized securities trading system; and 
 implementing the customized securities trading system and making, by the customized securities trading system, at least one transaction on behalf of the user, based on the cognitively deciding and the real-time market trends. 
   
     
     
         16 . The customized securities trading system of claim  8 , wherein the one or more system parameter comprises at least one of one or more circuit breaker, brokerage and account information and one or more exchange preferences. 
     
     
         17 . The customized securities trading system of claim  8 , wherein making the at least one transaction comprises obtaining the real-time market trends, obtaining securities data, communicating with a securities exchange system and executing the at least one transaction. 
     
     
         18 . The customized securities trading system of claim  8 , wherein historical trading data for the at least one security is also used in forming the decision model. 
     
     
         19 . The customized securities trading system of claim  8 , wherein the information further comprises, for at least one of the plurality of decision levels, weightings for the plurality of components. 
     
     
         20 . The customized securities trading system of claim  8 , wherein the information further comprises at least one of an equation and a formula. 
     
     
         21 . A computer-implemented method of customizing a securities trading system to buy and sell securities in real time based, in part, on real-time market trends, the computer-implemented method comprising:
 receiving from a user, by a securities trading system, an indication of at least one security to be transacted by the securities trading system;   receiving from the user, by the securities trading system, for each of the at least one security, information to form a decision model to be used by the securities trading system, along with the real-time market trends, in cognitively deciding at least one transaction, wherein the at least one transaction comprises one of buying and selling one or more of the at least one security, and wherein the information comprises a plurality of decision levels, a relationship between successive decision levels of the plurality of decision levels, a plurality of components for each of the plurality of decision levels and, for each decision level, a relationship between the plurality of components;   receiving from the user, by the securities trading system, one or more system parameter to be used by the securities trading system to perform the at least one transaction, the one or more system parameter and the information resulting in a customized securities trading system; and   implementing the customized securities trading system and making, by the customized securities trading system, at least one transaction on behalf of the user, based on the cognitively deciding and the real-time market trends.   
     
     
         22 . The computer-implemented method of claim  14 , wherein the one or more system parameter comprises at least one of one or more circuit breaker, brokerage and account information and one or more exchange preferences. 
     
     
         23 . The computer-implemented method of claim  14 , wherein making the at least one transaction comprises obtaining the real-time market trends, obtaining securities data, communicating with a securities exchange system and executing the at least one transaction. 
     
     
         24 . The computer-implemented method of claim  14 , wherein historical trading data for the at least one security is also used in forming the decision model. 
     
     
         25 . The computer-implemented method of claim  14 , wherein the information further comprises, for at least one of the plurality of decision levels, weightings for the plurality of components. 
     
     
         26 . The computer-implemented method of claim  14 , wherein the information further comprises at least one of an equation and a formula. 
     
     
         27 . A computer program product for customizing a securities trading system to buy and sell securities in real time based, in part, on real-time market trends, the computer program product comprising:
 a storage medium readable by a processor and storing instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
 receiving from a user, by a securities trading system, an indication of at least one security to be transacted by the securities trading system; 
 receiving from the user, by the securities trading system, for each of the at least one security, information to form a decision model to be used by the securities trading system, along with the real-time market trends, in cognitively deciding at least one transaction, wherein the at least one transaction comprises one of buying and selling one or more of the at least one security, and wherein the information comprises a plurality of decision levels, a relationship between successive decision levels of the plurality of decision levels, a plurality of components for each of the plurality of decision levels and, for each decision level, a relationship between the plurality of components; 
 receiving from the user, by the securities trading system, one or more system parameter to be used by the securities trading system to perform the at least one transaction, the one or more system parameter and the information resulting in a customized securities trading system; and 
 implementing the customized securities trading system and making, by the customized securities trading system, at least one transaction on behalf of the user, based on the cognitively deciding and the real-time market trends. 
   
     
     
         28 . The computer program product of  claim 20 , wherein the one or more system parameter comprises at least one of one or more circuit breaker, brokerage and account information and one or more exchange preferences. 
     
     
         29 . The computer program product of  claim 20 , wherein making the at least one transaction comprises obtaining the real-time market trends, obtaining securities data, communicating with a securities exchange system and executing the at least one transaction. 
     
     
         30 . The computer program product of  claim 20 , wherein historical trading data for the at least one security is also used in forming the decision model. 
     
     
         31 . The computer program product of  claim 20 , wherein the information further comprises, for at least one of the plurality of decision levels, weightings for the plurality of components. 
     
     
         32 . The computer program product of  claim 20 , wherein the information further comprises at least one of an equation and a formula.