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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2005
Ralph Bruce Ferguson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Liam Cheung, St. Lambert, CA;
Ronald Scott Boyd, Austin, TX (US);
Ralph Bruce Ferguson, Round Rock, TX (US);
Liam Cheung, St. Lambert, CA;
Ronald Scott Boyd, Austin, TX (US);
Penson Worldwide, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for modeling an investment significant parameter of a financial instrument, using a computer. At least one series of historical bid prices of the financial instrument or historical ask prices of the financial instrument is provided. A financial model type that has at least one variable parameter is selected. The variable parameter(s) of the selected financial model type is initialized. The series of historical bid prices and/or historical ask prices is applied to the initialized financial model type to estimate the variable parameter(s). The resulting model of the financial instrument may be used to predict future values of the investment significant parameter of the financial instrument. These predicted future values may be used to determine whether to perform automated trades of the financial instrument.