U.S. patent application number 13/667731 was filed with the patent office on 2013-08-15 for hybrid trading system for concurrently trading combined orders for financial instruments through both electronic and open outcry trading mechanisms.
This patent application is currently assigned to Chicago Board Options Exchange, Incorporated. The applicant listed for this patent is Eileen C. Smith. Invention is credited to Eileen C. Smith.
Application Number | 20130211994 13/667731 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39795970 |
Filed Date | 2013-08-15 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130211994 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Smith; Eileen C. |
August 15, 2013 |
HYBRID TRADING SYSTEM FOR CONCURRENTLY TRADING COMBINED ORDERS FOR
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS THROUGH BOTH ELECTRONIC AND OPEN OUTCRY
TRADING MECHANISMS
Abstract
A system and method of trading combined orders in an exchange
configured for trading by a combination of electronic and
open-outcry trading mechanisms is provided. One method includes
receiving an incoming order having a first order component and a
second order component at an electronic trade engine and routing
the first and second order components to a first electronic
database. The first and second order components are matched and
executed against order components maintained in the first and
second electronic databases, respectively. Any unexecuted first and
second order components are placed in an electronic book according
to a predetermined program if the first or second order component
cannot be completely matched against any order components
maintained in one of the first or second electronic databases. The
system includes a trade engine configured for receiving combined
orders from market makers.
Inventors: |
Smith; Eileen C.; (Chicago,
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Applicant: |
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Smith; Eileen C. |
Chicago |
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US |
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Assignee: |
Chicago Board Options Exchange,
Incorporated
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Family ID: |
39795970 |
Appl. No.: |
13/667731 |
Filed: |
November 2, 2012 |
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Current U.S.
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705/37 |
Current CPC
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G06Q 40/04 20130101;
G06Q 40/025 20130101 |
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705/37 |
International
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G06Q 40/04 20060101
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Claims
1. A method of trading combined orders for the purchase or sale of
securities and derivatives in an exchange configured for trading
securities and derivatives by a combination of electronic and
open-outcry trading mechanisms comprising: receiving an incoming
order having a first order component and a second order component
at an interface in communication with an electronic trade engine;
routing the first order component to a first electronic database in
the electronic trade engine; routing the second order component to
a second electronic database in the electronic trade engine;
matching and executing the first order component against an order
component maintained in the first electronic database according to
matching rules accessed by the electronic trade engine; matching
and executing the second order component against an order component
maintained in the second electronic database according to the
matching rules accessed by the electronic trade engine; and placing
any unexecuted first and second order components in an electronic
book according to a predetermined program if the first or second
order component cannot be completely matched against any order
components maintained in one of the first or second electronic
databases.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first order
component is an options order.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first order
component is a futures order.
4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second order
component is a stock order.
5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second order
component is a futures order.
6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic
database is maintained in an electronic book.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second electronic
database is maintained in an electronic book.
8. An automated exchange system for the purchase or sale of
securities and derivatives in an exchange configured for trading
securities and derivatives comprising: an interface configured for
receiving incoming orders having a first order component and a
second order component generated by a market participant physically
present at a floor of an exchange or a market participant at a
location remote to the floor of the exchange; and an electronic
trade engine in communication with the interface comprising: an
electronic book configured for storing the first and second order
components of the incoming orders received by the electronic trade
engine in respective first and second databases; a database
comprising at least one allocation algorithm, the database in
communication with the electronic trade engine; and a trade
processor in communication with the database for analyzing and
executing orders according to the allocation algorithm selected
from the database.
9. The automated exchange system according to claim 8, wherein the
first order component is an options order.
10. The automated exchange system according to claim 8, wherein the
first order component is a futures order.
11. The automated exchange system according to claim 8, wherein the
second order component is a stock order.
12. The automated exchange system according to claim 8, wherein the
second order component is a futures order.
13. The automated exchange system according to claim 8, wherein the
at least one allocation algorithm is price-time priority.
14. The automated exchange system according to claim 8, the trade
processor further comprising: a first set of instructions for
determining a total number of market makers at a matching price of
the incoming electronic order; and a second set of instructions for
determining an order priority based on the total number of market
makers at the matching price and a sequence in which the incoming
electronic orders were received by the electronic trade engine.
15. A computer-readable storage medium having processor executable
instructions for trading combined orders for the purchase or sale
of securities and derivatives in an exchange configured for trading
securities and derivatives by a combination of electronic and
open-outcry trading mechanisms, the instructions configured to
direct a processor to: receive an incoming order having a first
order component and a second order component at an interface in
communication with an electronic trade engine; route the first
order component to a first electronic database in the electronic
trade engine; route the second order component to a second
electronic database in the electronic trade engine; match and
execute the first order component against an order component
maintained in the first electronic database according to matching
rules accessed by the electronic trade engine; match and execute
the second order component against an order component maintained in
the second electronic database according to the matching rules
accessed by the electronic trade engine; and place any unexecuted
first and second order components in an electronic book according
to a predetermined program if the first or second order component
cannot be completely matched against any order components
maintained in one of the first or second electronic databases.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Application No.
60/904,542, filed Mar. 2, 2007, pending, the entirety of which is
incorporated herein by reference.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates to the trading of securities
and derivatives, such as underlying securities and options or
futures based thereon.
BACKGROUND
[0003] The introduction of electronic trading mechanisms into
exchanges for securities and derivatives has been steady and
relentless. The desire for immediacy of order execution and
dissemination of information is one reason for the steady switch to
electronic mechanisms. The simple fact that trading volume is
growing, with the accompanying need for an increasingly efficient
trading environment, also favors the move toward electronic trading
mechanisms.
[0004] Electronic exchanges, while efficient and immediate, do not
necessarily supply the liquidity available in traditional, open
outcry trading environments. One reason for this is the very
efficiency that electronic mechanisms bring to an exchange. The
speed with which trading takes place can adversely affect market
makers by exposing them to unwanted risk. For example, if movement
in the underlying security needs to be reflected in the options
market, rapid response times are necessary. Communication delays
can prevent market makers and others from changing their quotes or
orders fast enough to reflect market conditions, thereby leading to
smaller quote sizes to reduce the risk. Also, electronic exchanges
generally cannot match the price improvement capabilities of an
open outcry exchange where floor brokers and market makers can
handle large and complex orders face-to-face.
[0005] Accordingly, there is a need for an exchange system and
method that can address the drawbacks of electronic exchanges.
BRIEF SUMMARY
[0006] In order to address the need for improvements on electronic
trading mechanisms, a trading platform is disclosed herein that
provides efficient and substantially instantaneous electronic
executions at the national best bid or offer (NBBO) along with the
opportunity for price improvement for options and futures, as well
as for trading the underlying securities upon which the options and
futures are based.
[0007] According to a first aspect, a method of trading combined
orders for the purchase or sale of securities and derivatives in an
exchange configured for trading securities and derivatives by a
combination of electronic and open-outcry trading mechanisms is
disclosed. The method includes receiving an incoming order having a
first order component and a second order component at an interface
in communication with an electronic trade engine. The method
includes routing the first order component to a first electronic
database in the electronic trade engine and routing the second
order component to a second electronic database in the electronic
trade engine. Furthermore the method includes matching and
executing the first order component against an order component
maintained in the first electronic database according to matching
rules accessed by the electronic trade engine, matching and
executing the second order component against an order component
maintained in the second electronic database according to the
matching rules accessed by the electronic trade engine, and placing
any unexecuted first and second order components in an electronic
book if the first or second order component cannot be completely
matched against any order components maintained in one of the first
or second electronic databases.
[0008] In another aspect, an automated exchange system for the
purchase or sale of securities and derivatives in an exchange
configured for trading securities and derivatives is disclosed. The
system includes an interface configured for receiving incoming
orders having a first order component and a second order component
generated by a market participant physically present at a floor of
an exchange or a market participant at a location remote to the
floor of the exchange and an electronic trade engine in
communication with the interface. The electronic trade engine
includes an electronic book configured for storing the first and
second order components of the incoming orders received by the
electronic trade engine in respective first and second databases, a
database comprising at least one allocation algorithm, the database
in communication with the electronic trade engine, and a trade
processor in communication with the database for analyzing and
executing orders according to the allocation algorithm selected
from the database.
[0009] In yet another aspect, a computer readable medium is
described that has processor executable instructions for trading
combined orders for the purchase or sale of securities and
derivatives by a combination of electronic and open-outcry
mechanisms. The instructions are configured to direct a processor
to receive an incoming order having a first order component and a
second order component at an interface in communication with an
electronic trade engine, route the first order component to a first
electronic database in the electronic trade engine, and route the
second order component to a second electronic database in the
electronic trade engine. The instructions contained in the computer
readable medium are further configured to cause a processor to
match and execute the first order component against an order
component maintained in the first electronic database according to
matching rules accessed by the electronic trade engine, match and
execute the second order component against an order component
maintained in the second electronic database according to the
matching rules, and place any unexecuted first and second order
components in an electronic book according to a predetermined
program if the first or second order component cannot be completely
matched against any order components maintained in one of the first
or second electronic databases.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 is a diagram of a hybrid exchange system merging
screen-based electronic orders with traditional open-outcry floor
trading.
[0011] FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the electronic trading engine
of FIG. 1.
[0012] FIG. 3 illustrates a method of handling locked quotes in the
hybrid exchange system of FIGS. 1 and 2
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0013] A system and method for trading combined orders for
securities, such as options and an underlying security upon which
the option is based, is described herein. The trading mechanisms
and rules described are based on providing incentives or
limitations to particular classes of individuals or entities who
are involved in trading at an exchange. For purposes of this
specification, the following definitions will be used:
[0014] Broker/dealer=person or entity registered to trade for
itself and/or on behalf of others at the exchange.
[0015] Public customer=person or entity, who is not a
broker/dealer, trading on their own behalf through a broker/dealer
or firm registered to trade at the exchange.
[0016] Firm=entity employing persons who represent the firm, or the
firm's customers, on the exchange, such as market makers, floor
brokers, broker/dealers, or other industry professionals.
[0017] Market maker=professional trader registered to trade at the
exchange who is required to provide liquidity to a market, for
example through streaming quotes for both a bid and an offer at a
particular price.
[0018] Remote market maker (RMM)=market maker approved by the
exchange to make transactions as a dealer-specialist from a
location other than the physical trading station for the subject
class of option (i.e., from off the floor of the exchange).
[0019] Designated primary market maker (DPM)=market maker
designated by the exchange to be responsible for a fair and orderly
market, and to provide continuous quotes, for a particular class of
options.
[0020] Floor broker=individual who represents orders from others in
a trading crowd on the floor of an exchange.
[0021] Market participant=any person or entity that can submit
orders or quotes to an exchange.
[0022] In-crowd market participant (ICM)=floor broker, market maker
or designated primary market maker physically present on the floor
of the exchange.
[0023] Non-in-crowd market participant (non-ICM)=market
participants who are not physically present on the floor of the
exchange.
[0024] Class of options=all series of options related to a given
underlying security, where the underlying security may be, for
example, publicly traded stock of a company.
[0025] FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of a system suitable for
implementing the hybrid exchange system combining aspects of
electronic, screen-based trading with traditional, open-outcry
trading and implement various securities and derivatives trading
methods described herein. The system 10 receives combined orders
for the purchase or sale of securities, for example orders for
derivatives such as stock options combined with orders for the
underlying stock (i.e., a "combined order"), from numerous sources
at a central order routing system (ORS) 12. ORS 12 may be any of a
number of data processing systems or platforms capable of managing
multiple transactions. In one embodiment, the ORS 12 can be
implemented on a transaction processing facility (TPF) platform
manufactured by IBM Corporation. For purposes of clarity, the
examples herein will refer specifically to combined orders for
options coupled with orders for the underlying security for that
option. It should be understood that the system and methods
disclosed herein may be applied to the trading of other types of
securities and derivatives. An exchange utilizing the system and
methods described herein may manage a number of classes of
derivatives, where each of the plurality of classes of derivatives
are associated with an underlying asset such as a stock, a bond, a
note, a future, an exchange traded fund, an index, a commodity or
other known asset types.
[0026] Combined orders may be entered into the ORS 12 from remote
member firm systems 14, from member firm's booths 16 physically
located at the exchange system 10, from market makers 18 present on
the trading floor of the exchange and from RMMs 19 located off of
the floor of the exchange. The member firm systems 14 may be
located remotely from the geographical location of the exchange and
use any of a number of standard land-line or wireless communication
networks to direct combined orders electronically to the ORS 12.
The member firm systems 14 communicate with one of several
interfaces or protocols for transmitting their combined orders to
the ORS 12. Examples of suitable interfaces are those using a
distributed object interface based on the CORBA standard and
available from the Object Management Group. Interfaces such as
financial information exchange (FIX), which is a message-based
protocol implemented over TCP/IP available from FIX Protocol, Ltd.,
or other known securities transaction communication protocols are
also suitable protocols. In some instances, combined orders may
even be made by telephone calls or facsimile transmissions directly
to the booths 16 of member firms at the exchange. Combined orders
submitted from a booth 16 at the exchange may come from a booth
entry and routing system (BERS) 20 or a booth automated routing
terminal (BART) 22.
[0027] The BERS 20 is a computer workstation that provides firm
staff members at the booth with an entry template and a graphic
user interface with a number of function buttons arranged on the
display. Combined orders entered at the booth through BERS 20
typically consist of orders that were telephoned to the booth and
orders that were wired to member firm-owned house printers in the
booth. The combined orders entered through BERS are entered
manually by booth staff using an order template and graphic user
interface on the workstation. Generally, a combined order entered
at BERS 20 will be routed to the ORS 12. Member firms, however, may
specify that a particular combined order entered through BERS be
routed to the BART 22 device. The BART 22 device, sometimes
referred to as the "electronic runner," allows member firms to
maintain more control over their order flow. BART 22 allows each
firm to customize certain ORS 12 parameters to route a certain
portion of their order flow to the firm booth. For example, firms
may instruct ORS 12 to send certain combined orders directly to
their booths 16 based on the size of the order.
[0028] As with the BERS 20, BART 22 may be implemented on a
touch-screen workstation located in the member firm booth. The BART
22 operator at the booth may electronically forward combined orders
to desired destinations. Potential destinations for these
booth-routed combined orders are the ORS 12, the electronic trade
engine 24 in communication with the ORS 12, or the public automated
routing (PAR) system 26 used by the floor brokers at the exchange.
The PAR system 26 may be implemented as a PC-based, touch-screen
order routing and execution system accessible by floor brokers on
the floor of the exchange. The PAR system 26 terminals allow a
floor broker to select an order from the workstation and receive an
electronic trading card on which the floor broker may enter trade
information such as its volume, price, opposing market makers, etc.
When a floor broker completes a card, the floor broker can then
execute a trade electronically with the touch of a finger on the
touch screen interface. The PAR system 26 then transmits the
completed order, also referred to as a "fill," back to the ORS 12.
The PAR 26 may be a fixed workstation or a mobile workstation in
the form of a hand-held unit.
[0029] Market participants, such as market makers 18, on the floor
of the exchange may enter quotes and orders via electronic devices,
such as hand-held market maker terminals (MMT) 28. The MMT may be
any of a number of electronic hand-held devices capable of
communicating with the electronic trade engine 24 and ORS 12
through an application programming interface (API) such as FIX
version 4.2 or CMi, an API available from Chicago Board Options
Exchange, Incorporated of Chicago, Ill. An example of a suitable
handheld device is the Fujitsu Stylistic 3500 available from
Fujitsu Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan. Market makers located away from the
floor of the exchange, such as eDPMs and RMMs, the eDPMs and RMMs
may communicate with the electronic trade engine 24 and ORS 12
through remote terminals utilizing these same or similar types of
APIs.
[0030] As illustrated in FIG. 2, the electronic trade engine 24
contains a trade processor 30 that analyzes and manipulates
combined orders according to matching rules 32 stored in a database
in communication with the trade processor. Also included in the
electronic trade engine is the electronic book (EBOOK) 34 of orders
and quotes with which incoming combined orders to buy or sell are
matched with quotes and orders resting on the EBOOK 34 according to
the matching rules 32.
[0031] Further included in the EBOOK 34 of the electronic trade
engine 24 are a first order component database 35 and a second
order component database 37, for respectively storing first and
second order components of a combined order. Each incoming combined
order includes a first order component (such as an option order)
and a second order component (such as a stock order for the
underlying security of the option subject to the option order of
the first order component). Upon receiving the incoming combined
order, the electronic trade engine 24 separates the first order
component from the second order component and routes the first
order component to the first order component database 35.
Additionally, the electronic trade engine 24 also routes the second
order component to the second order component database 37.
[0032] The trade processor 30, utilizing matching rules 32, matches
and executes the first order component against a like order or
order component maintained in the first order component database
35. Likewise, the trade processor 30, again utilizing matching
rules 32, matches and executes the second order component against a
like order or order component maintained in the second order
component database 37. The first and second order component
databases, in addition to maintaining first and second order
components, respectively, can also maintain uncombined orders for
either options or stocks. In this way, combined orders that can be
separated into first and second order components that may trade
against option and/or stock orders that are submitted in a
traditional, uncombined fashion and stored along with a
corresponding first or second order component. Any remaining
unexecuted first and/or second order components are placed in the
electronic book 34 according to a predefined program.
[0033] The electronic trade engine 24 may be a stand-alone or
distributed computer system. Any of a number of hardware and
software combinations configured to execute the trading methods
described below may be used for the electronic trade engine 24. In
one embodiment, the electronic trade engine 24 may be a server
cluster consisting of servers available from Sun Microsystems,
Inc., Fujitsu Ltd. or other known computer equipment manufacturers.
The EBOOK 34 portion of the electronic trade engine 24 may be
implemented with Oracle database software and may reside on one or
more of the servers comprising the electronic trade engine 24. The
rules database 32 may be C++ or java-based programming accessible
by, or executable by, the trade processor 30.
[0034] When a trade is completed, whether on the floor in open
outcry and entered into PAR 26 or automatically executed through
the electronic trade engine 24, the fill information is sent
through the electronic trade engine 24 and ORS 12. ORS 12 passes
the fill information to the member firm systems and to a continuous
trade match (CTM) system 38 which matches the buy side and sell
side of a trade which, in turn, forwards the matched trades to the
Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) 40, a third party organization
that will verify that all trades properly clear. The electronic
trade engine 24 also sends quote and sale update information
through an internal distribution system 42 that will refresh
display screens within the exchange 10 and format the information
for submission to a quote dissemination service such as the Options
Price Reporting Authority (OPRA) 44.
[0035] Utilizing the system described above, a hybrid trading
system retaining the benefits of traditional floor-based
open-outcry exchanges and incorporating the efficiency of
traditional electronic trading systems may be implemented. One way
of maintaining the availability, and associated liquidity, of
open-outcry floor trading is to provide incentives to certain
market makers who have a physical presence on the trading floor of
the exchange, or entities that have a representative physically
present on the trading floor of the exchange. Market makers are
specific exchange members making bids and offers for their own
account in absence of public buy or sell orders in order to spur
the market and provide liquidity. In one embodiment, the electronic
trade engine 24 receives all quotes and identifies the source of
the quote before allowing the quote to trade with, or be placed on,
the EBOOK 34. This filtering is preferably accomplished by
verifying specific market maker identification information embedded
with quote information, for example through appending a unique
acronym associated with the market maker to an order, or by only
accepting quotes from market maker terminals identifiable as on the
premises of the exchange. In one implementation, each market maker
is logged into the exchange such that every communication from the
market maker to the exchange will be identified based on the login
information associated with that market maker.
[0036] Incoming electronic combined orders (other than sweep
orders) have second order components (e.g., the stock order) that
may be categorized as either marketable or non-marketable. For
marketable second order components on exchange system 10 that are
at the NBBO (National Best Bid and Offer), the second order
component is automatically executed up to the disseminated size.
Any remainder of the second order component is treated as if the
exchange system 10 is not at the NBBO. Thus, for marketable second
order components on the exchange system 10 that are not at the
NBBO, the second order component is shown for a period of time,
such as X milliseconds, to API users to permit such users to "step
up" to the NBBO. If no users step up to the NBBO, the second order
component will automatically be routed to an away exchange system
(not illustrated) showing the NBBO, as is known in the art. Should
the second order component remain non-marketable, the second order
component will automatically book in the second order component
database 37.
[0037] Second order components that are also Intermarket Sweep
Orders (ISOs) will automatically execute at the exchange system 10,
regardless of whether the exchange system 10 is at the NBBO. For
such orders, any remaining portion will be cancelled.
[0038] In some instances, market maker quotes may cross during
trading. A crossed quote occurs when the bid of a one market
maker's quote is higher than an offer of another market maker's
quote. Accordingly, several novel cross order types have been
created to support open outcry trading of combined orders having
first and second order components, or, more generally, open outcry
trading and options tied to stock:
[0039] Paired Cross-Only Orders: When a trade is negotiated that is
between the Best Bid or Offer (BBO) of the exchange system 10 and
at or between the NBBO, a paired cross-only order can be used.
Users will submit a paired order through the API. The pair will
route together to the trade engine and, if they are for the same
price and size they will trade against each other immediately as
long as the price is at or within the quote on the exchange system
10 and the NBBO. If the trade price is equal to the exchange system
10 best market and the market includes public customer orders, the
cross order must be: X shares or more; be for a dollar amount
greater than or equal to $ Y; and larger than any single public
customer order at that price, where X and Y represent exchange
configurable parameters.
[0040] Separate Cross-Only Order: When a trade is negotiated that
is between the BBO of the exchange system 10 and at or between the
NBBO, a separate cross-only order can also be used. Users will
submit two separate orders with indications that they are for
crossing only. The orders would have to arrive at the electronic
trade engine 24 within a short time period, for example within X
milliseconds of each other, where X is an exchange configurable
parameter. If the second order does not arrive within X
milliseconds, the first order will be cancelled. Once received, the
handling process will be the same as for the paired orders
[0041] Paired or Separate Sweep and Cross Order: Users will submit
orders that are either paired or separate as described above that
will trade against each other only after all interest in the book
and at the top of the away markets is satisfied. The mechanics for
executing this type of order are: [0042] i. The parties to the
trade will determine the final price at which the trade will occur.
[0043] ii. The contra-order will be sent to exchange system 10
through the contra-party's order entry mechanism and held in
electronic trade engine 24. [0044] iii. The agency order will be
sent to the exchange system 10, tagged to the contra order. The
electronic trade engine 24 will automatically clear out the away
markets and the EBOOK 34 so that the entire order is executed.
[0045] By way of example, assume that the DPM gets a phone call to
buy 50,000 shares of stock ABC and the DPM and the customer
negotiate a price of 20.05. The exchange system 10 market is
19.95-20.00 1000.times.1000. There are no orders on the EBOOK 34
between 20.00 and 20.05. If there were orders on the EBOOK 34
between 20.00 and 20.05, those orders would be traded in full
before any remainder traded against the contra order. The away
markets are: [0046] NYSE: 19.95-20.00 1000.times.1000 [0047] NSX:
19.95-20.01 1000.times.1000 [0048] BSE: 19.97-20.02 1000.times.1000
[0049] CHX: 19.95-20.00 1000.times.1000
[0050] The DPM will enter a sell order for 50,000 shares at 20.05.
The order will route to the electronic trade engine 24.
Simultaneously, the customer's agent will enter a buy order for
50,000 shares and send it to the exchange system 10 (CBSX, below)
through the API; the system 10 will automatically trade 46,000
shares and route four 1,000-share orders to the away exchanges. The
agent that entered the customer order will receive all of the fills
as follows: [0051] 3000 at 20.00 (CBSX, NYSE, CHX) [0052] 1000 at
20.01 (NSX) [0053] 1000 at 20.02 (BSE) [0054] 45,000 at 20.05
(CBSX)
[0055] The electronic trade engine 24 will automatically cancel the
remainder of the contra order (5,000 shares). In the above example,
if another user entered a sell order at 20.05, the tagged seller
would receive a participation right, even if the tagged order were
received after the order from the other user. Any reserve order at
the top of the EBOOK 34 or between 20.00 and 20.05 would also trade
in full. Since no market participants can see the reserve order, it
could cause a different outcome for the contra order than what was
expected.
[0056] Additionally, other orders may be offered, including Reserve
Orders, Middle-Market Cross Orders, Cross Only Orders, and Cross
and Sweep Orders
[0057] A Reserve Order is a limit order in which the order
originator designates a portion of the order for display and
dissemination (the "display amount") and designates a portion of
the order in "reserve." A reserve portion is not displayed but is
available for execution against incoming orders. Reserve Orders are
last in priority (except that most contingency orders are behind
Reserve Orders in priority). Between Reserve Orders at the same
price, priority is afforded utilizing the matching algorithm in
effect for the stock. If, after an execution against a Reserve
Order, a quantity remains on the Reserve Order, the quote will be
refreshed to disseminate the display amount while any remaining
balance will be retained in reserve.
[0058] A Middle Market Cross Order is an order submitted to trade
at the midpoint of the NBBO. It must always be submitted with a
contra order for the same size and may only be entered when the bid
price for the stock is $1 or greater. Further, these orders could
be executed in increments as small as 1/2 the minimum quoting
increment. If a Middle Market Cross is submitted after the exchange
is open but before other markets are open (e.g. 8:20 am Chicago
time) the order will execute at the midpoint of best bid and offer
among market centers that are open and disseminating quotes (or
just the exchange midpoint if the exchange is the only market
center that is open). A member would be prohibited from entering
Middle Market Cross Orders as principal buyer (seller) if the NBBO
spread is one cent wide and that member was an agent for any
customer orders resting at the prevailing NBBO bid (offer). This
provision is meant to preclude a member from trading as principal
at a price that is less than one cent better than a price expressed
by a customer of that member to which the members has a fiduciary
obligation.
[0059] A Cross Only Order is an order that may only be executed
against another Cross Only Order for the same size and price. These
orders may only be entered at or between the NBBO, and when entered
at the exchange BBO, only when the terms of the orders meet the
crossing parameters set forth relating to priority for crosses at
the exchange's disseminated market price.
[0060] A Cross and Sweep Order is an order that is priced outside
of the NBBO and/or the BBO where the applicable side of the book is
satisfied by the Cross and Sweep Order and any disseminated better
priced protected quotations at away market centers are swept with
ISOs by the exchange system. Any remaining balance on a partially
executed Cross and Sweep Order would be cancelled by the exchange
system.
[0061] The manner in which Stop Orders (including Stop Limit
Orders) are handled may be modified in one implementation. By way
of example, a stop buy (sell) order is elected when the stock
trades or is bid (offered) at or above (below) the stop price. In
an embodiment, the exchange would handle stop orders so that a stop
buy (sell) order is elected only when the stock trades at or above
(below) the stop price on the primary market for the stock.
[0062] Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 2, when a market maker 18
enters a quote (including at a handheld terminal 28), the quote is
related to the electronic trade engine 24. The electronic trade
engine 24 calculates the best bid or offer (BBO) from among all the
quotes and orders entered and, if the quote is at the current BBO,
the quote may be immediately matched against incoming orders
subject to the various trade mechanisms described herein. If the
new quote improves on the BBO, the new BBO is sent to the ORS 12
and is displayed on displays throughout the exchange.
Alternatively, if the new quote matches the BBO, the new quote
volume is added to the volume of the existing disseminated BBO. The
ORS 12 also forwards the new BBO to the national quoting service
known as OPRA, which then forwards this information to various
quote vendors who subscribe to the OPRA service. If the new quote
is not at, or better than, the current BBO, the quote is placed in
the EBOOK 34.
[0063] When a combined order is received at the ORS 12, ORS 12
determines whether it qualifies for routing to the electronic trade
engine 24. The ORS 12 examines both the order size and price. If
the order price is at the market, it may be sent directly to the
electronic trade engine for immediate execution. However, each
order is also screened based on a two-tier order size analysis.
First, the exchange may set a default auto-execution limit such
that any amount of the order exceeding that size limit will be
routed to the PAR system 26 for open-outcry trading on the floor of
the exchange. Second, even if some or all of the order is within
the exchange default size limit, each firm or broker may have a
separate customized routing instruction that takes precedence over
the exchange limit so that some or all of the order that would
qualify for auto execution will be routed else where. For example,
the firm or broker from whom the order originated may have
previously instructed ORS 12 to have their orders routed first to
their booth 16 for more detailed handling.
[0064] After passing through ORS 12, the trade processor 30 checks
to see if the incoming combined order is immediately marketable
against orders and quotes resting in the EBOOK 34. If the order
price on the incoming order to buy or sell matches a counterpart
offer to sell or buy on the EBOOK 34, then the order is considered
marketable and the trade processor 30 looks at the matching rules
database 32 to determine allocation of the incoming electronic
order among the various counterpart quotes and orders on the EBOOK
34.
[0065] A number of priority overlays described herein may be
implemented alone or in combination. One such priority overlay is
price-time priority. In price-time priority, resting orders in the
EBOOK 34 are prioritized according to price and time. If there are
two or more orders at the best price, then priority is afforded
among these orders in the sequence in which they were received by
the exchange system 10. Other overlays may be implemented as a
specific percentage of an order being reserved for the DPM prior to
allocation among the remaining in-crowd market participants. When
used in combination with overlays for public customer priority and
market turner priority, the DPM priority may be taken after the
execution of any booked public customer orders that can trade with
the new order but before the market turner priority. In other
embodiments, the DPM may be allowed the greater of the fixed
percentage they would receive from the order under the DPM priority
or the percentage of the order they would get under a matching
algorithm, if the DPM quote was pooled with the remaining in-crowd
market participants competing for a portion of the order. Any of
the priority overlays described above may be used individually, in
any combination, or turned off altogether.
[0066] The matching algorithm may include any of a number of
criteria. In one embodiment of the matching algorithm, the
electronic trade engine 24 allocates incoming orders to the
multiple market participants according to price-time priority as
described herein above. In this embodiment, no DPM allocation
percentages are employed and no agency or customer priority is
utilized. Additionally, price-time priority can apply for users
responding to NBBO rejects.
[0067] In the hybrid exchange environment described, where
electronic, screen-based trading and manual, open-outcry pit
trading are interconnected, the ability of multiple market makers
on the floor to stream quotes for dissemination to the market on
the same particular product may lead to quote interaction such as
quote locking or crossing. A quote "locks" another quote when the
bid price of an in-crowd market maker's quote matches the offer
price of another in-crowd market maker's quote. As shown in FIG. 3,
the locking of market maker quotes is detected by the electronic
trade engine, which automatically invokes a quote interaction
mechanism (at step 66). A delay timer is started and the electronic
trade engine prevents the market makers with the locked quotes from
trading with each other for a predetermined period set by the delay
timer (at steps 68, 70). Although the locked market maker quotes
will not automatically trade during the delay period, the locked
quote is disseminated to the market and made available for
execution against orders from any market participant order that can
be routed to the electronic book either directly or through the PAR
system (at step 72). After a notification delay, which is a time
less than the overall delay timer for preventing the automatic
trade, the electronic trade engine will notify each of the locked
in-crowd market makers over their respective market maker terminals
with a message that includes the identification of the other
in-crowd market participants on the other side of the lock (at step
74). At this point, the locked in-crowd market makers can move
their quotes away from locking with other in-crowd market makers or
they can choose to leave their quotes alone.
[0068] After expiration of a complete lock period, which includes
the initial notification period, any quotes still locked will
automatically trade against each other (at step 76). In one
embodiment, if more than one incoming quote locks an existing
quote, the time period will not be restarted for the original
locked parties each time a new incoming quote is entered. In other
embodiments, a new delay timer specific to each new quote that
locks against already locked quotes may be implemented to allow
each new market maker the same period of time in which to revise
their own quote as the initial locked pair.
[0069] Incoming quotes will be executed against resting quotes
according to the matching algorithm described above and, if an
incoming quote locks against more than one resting quote, that
incoming quote will also be allocated among the resting quotes
using the matching algorithm allocation described above. In one
embodiment, the notification period, which is the period after
locking within which a notification is sent to each of the locked
quoting parties, is one second. The lock period, which is the total
period in which the market maker quotes are kept from trading
against each other, may be ten seconds. In other embodiments, these
preset time periods may be adjusted to suit the specific needs of
the exchange. Preferably, the lock period and notification period
are monitored and applied at the electronic trade engine 24 based
on the matching rule instructions 32 maintained in the electronic
trade engine 24.
[0070] Numerous variations of market maker quotes locking or
crossing, mixed with on-going receipt of orders from customers to
execute against the bid or offer of the resulting locked quotes,
may be handled according to the methods described above. In an
embodiment, the notification and lock period used for locked quotes
will be the same as those used for crossed quotes. The locked
market notification message will be sent to in-crowd market
participants in crossed quote situations and locked quote
situations. In other embodiments, the quote locking and crossing
procedures described above may be used in electronic-only exchanges
where all other specific classes of market participants, such as
all market makers, will invoke these procedures.
[0071] In another embodiment, an additional trading mechanism may
be implemented to foster and encourage participation in trades by
temporarily restraining execution of an in-crowd market participant
quote that arrives at the electronic trade engine 24 that is
marketable against a resting order on the EBOOK 34 that is not from
an in-crowd market participant. The purpose of the temporary
restraint on execution is to allow a preset grace period within
which other in-crowd market participant quotes or orders maybe
submitted at the best price represented by the new in-crowd market
participant quote. Advantages of temporarily restraining this type
of trade included encouraging more in-crowd market participants to
quote at the best price and the removal of any communication or
computer hardware advantage among the in-crowd market participants.
In one embodiment, delaying execution of the resting order consists
of delaying allocation of the resting order.
[0072] In order to provide a market and control the opening trades
in the hybrid exchange 10 described above, a market opening
procedure may be implemented that varies from the steady-state
trading mechanisms described above. In the context of a hybrid
exchange for securities options, opening takes place after the
market for the underlying security is underway. Opening, in the
securities option exchange, is considered to last for the period of
time it takes to calculate an opening price. The electronic trade
engine 24, utilizing start-up rules stored in its matching rules 32
database, will publish an expected opening price (EOP) and an
expected opening size (EOS) to the market through the various APIs
supported by the exchange. The EOP is updated as pre-market
conditions change.
[0073] In one embodiment, the opening procedure starts when the
opening trade for the underlying security (the second order
component) is received. The electronic trade engine 24 will then
start a timer and move into an opening rotation state. In the
opening rotation state, the EOP and EOS are calculated based on
size and prices of orders and quotes received prior to opening of
the market and disseminated to DPMs and market makers. After the
timer expires, the electronic trade engine 24 will look to see if a
valid quote has been submitted by the DPM for each series of
options. If valid quotes exist, the market will proceed to open. If
a DPM has not entered a valid quote, the electronic trade engine 24
will not proceed to opening, thereby allowing a DPM to delay the
opening process if necessary. When there is an imbalance between
buy and sell orders at opening, a matching algorithm is applied.
The matching algorithm may be as described above or it may be some
other algorithm, for example a first in first out (FIFO) algorithm.
In one embodiment, as with any of the algorithms and procedures
described above, the exchange may control opening procedure
algorithm choice by class or series and by day so that a variety of
combinations of procedures may be implemented for a particular
class or series of securities options on any given day. In one
version of an opening procedure, quotes will immediately trade
against quotes and no quote locking delay will be implemented.
[0074] As has been described above, the hybrid exchange system
merges electronic and open outcry trading models while at the same
time offering market participants the ability to trade combined
orders for securities and options on those securities. The ability
to receive combined orders and stream electronic quotes, coupled
with the ability to separate the first and second order components
of the electronic order (including matching and executing same)
will reward market participants that quote at the best price and
may have the attendant benefit of tightening the exchange's best
disseminated quote.
[0075] The disclosed hybrid exchange system and method also retains
the benefits inherent in a floor-based, open outcry exchange. Order
entry firms will continue to have the ability to have their floor
brokers walk into a trading crowd and request markets on behalf of
their customers. Trading crowds may continue to offer price
discovery to orders of size, complex orders, and other orders that
are exposed to the open outcry, auction market environment.
Additionally, the hybrid exchange system and method enhance the
automatic execution capabilities of broker/dealers. For example,
non-market maker broker/dealers have the same access to the
electronic execution features as public customers in designated
classes. This allows eligible broker/dealers (e.g. non-ICM
broker/dealers) to receive more automatic executions of the orders
they route to the exchange.
[0076] Also, the disclosed hybrid exchange system and method "opens
the book" to certain types of broker/dealer orders. In one
implementation, broker/dealer orders are only permitted access to
an autoexecution feature that allows for immediate electronic
execution of orders routed to the exchange. For example, certain
broker/dealer orders will be eligible for placement into the EBOOK
34 against which they may be executed electronically.
Broker/dealers may also electronically access the EBOOK 34 (i.e.,
buy or sell the book) in eligible classes. This feature will allow
for the automatic execution of broker/dealer orders against resting
limit orders in the book, whether they are public customer or
broker/dealer orders in the book.
[0077] Although the system and methods described herein preferably
relate to a hybrid system incorporating and involving active
participation from a trading floor and a screen-based electronic
trading crowd, many of the procedures described may be applied to
an exclusively electronic, screen-based exchange that does not
include floor based, open-outcry trading. As will be appreciated by
those of ordinary skill in the art, mechanisms for the priority
overlays, quote crossing, quote locking, matching algorithm and
other features described above may all be modified for application
to electronic-only trading. For example, by altering several of the
rules relating to which market participants may obtain the benefit
of these procedures from in-crowd market participants to other
combinations of market participants, such as eDPMs an improved
electronic marketplace may also be achieved.
[0078] The matter set forth in the foregoing description and
accompanying drawings is offered by way of illustration only and
not as a limitation. While particular embodiments have been shown
and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that
changes and modifications may be made without departing from the
broader aspects of applicants' contribution. It is therefore
intended that the foregoing detailed description be regarded as
illustrative rather than limiting, and that it be understood that
it is the following claims, including all equivalents, that are
intended to define the scope of this invention.
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