1. A method for managing trading and system activity in a trading exchange, the method comprising at a centralized location, providing a visual display of trading exchange activity including systems activity and trading activity to a trading exchange supervisor or manager; and providing an interactive decision support interface coupled to the visual display of trading exchange activity; wherein providing the visual display of trading exchange activity comprises: maintaining data representing a three dimensional model of said exchange's trading areas, said model including surfaces; receiving and maintaining in a computer memory data representing trading exchange activity; generating a two dimensional display representing an aspect view of said three dimensional model selected via the interactive decision support interface, said two dimensional display including perspective views of at least some of said surfaces of said model; generating alphanumeric images of selected data representing trading exchange activity; and mapping said alphanumeric images onto selected ones of said perspective views.