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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2000
Michael Bundy, Katy, TX (US);
Irfan Amanat, New York, NY (US);
Vladimir Goldfeld, New York, NY (US);
Michael Bundy, Katy, TX (US);
Irfan Amanat, New York, NY (US);
Vladimir Goldfeld, New York, NY (US);
E*Trade Financial Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for selecting, in a broker-dealer system for automated trading of securities, a path for sending an order for securities to a terminus market, in which the broker-dealer system includes at least one port, the port being coupled through at least one path to at least one terminus market, wherein each path includes at least one direct link between a port and a market system and optionally one or more additional links between the said market system and other market systems, each path having a first terminus at a port and a second terminus at a terminus market, terminus markets being markets to which orders for securities are sent by the broker-dealer system.