A fair exchange is disclosed to reduce potential inequities in an
electronic trading environment. Market data is sent from a host system to
client devices through one or more synchronized local communication
servers such that the data can be displayed simultaneously or nearly
simultaneously at each client device. Market data sent to client devices
might include price information. Likewise, a host system may transaction
data sent from client devices via the local communication servers. The
ordering of transaction data is based, at least in part, on when the
local communication servers received the transaction data from the client
devices. Transaction data sent to a host system might include order
information.