A process for displaying quotes on a trader's screen used in an automatic
trading system of the type which includes a plurality of traders. Some,
but not all, of the traders have bilateral credit with one another, those
traders having bilateral credit with one another being traded in
counterparties. A quote made by the a first trader is displayed in the
first trader's trading screen and when his quote can be accepted by more
than one, but less than all trading counterparties, an indication of that
fact is provided to him. In one embodiment, an indication is provided to
the first trader of the percentage of trading counterparties that can
accept his quote.