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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2012
Intercontinentalexchange, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
John Harding, Northfield, IL (US);
Thomas Farley, New York, NY (US);
David Goone, Glencoe, IL (US);
Chris Crowley, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Chris Edmonds, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Mark Rowell, London, GB;
Jeffrey Sprecher, Atlanta, GA (US);
Stanislav Ivanov, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
Donald F. Sternard, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method for trading financial instruments includes listing, by an electronic financial exchange, financial instruments that specify which version of a serialized index the financial instrument tracks; receiving, by the electronic financial exchange, an electronic indication to buy or sell the financial instrument; executing, by the electronic financial exchange, a trade involving the financial instrument; and settling the financial instrument according to the version of the serialized index specified by the financial instrument.