1. A method for recording annotations in an electronic trading environment, the method comprising: receiving real time market data from an electronic exchange comprising a best bid price and a best ask price currently available for a tradeable object; displaying a first graphical interface at a client terminal, wherein the first graphical interface displays the real time market data as the real time market data is being received from the electronic exchange; providing a second graphical interface at the client terminal in relation to the first graphical interface, wherein the second graphical interface is used to record user annotations relative to the real time market data; receiving a first command from a user input device in relation to the first graphical interface to flag a current time as the real time market data is being received and displayed in the first graphical interface; responsive to receiving the first command, creating an incomplete annotation record that comprises the current time that was flagged; displaying an indicator associated with the flagged time that is selectable by a user input device to open the incomplete annotation record; receiving a second command to select the indicator from a user input device at a subsequent time to the flagged time to complete the incomplete annotation record; responsive to the selection of the indicator by the second command, displaying the incomplete annotation record on the second graphical interface; receiving user data corresponding to the flagged time for entry into the incomplete annotation record to create a completed annotation record; and storing the user data associated with the annotation record.
1. A method for recording annotations in an electronic trading environment, the method comprising: receiving real time market data from an electronic exchange comprising a best bid price and a best ask price currently available for a tradeable object; displaying a first graphical interface at a client terminal, wherein the first graphical interface displays the real time market data as the real time market data is being received from the electronic exchange; providing a second graphical interface at the client terminal in relation to the first graphical interface, wherein the second graphical interface is used to record user annotations relative to the real time market data; receiving a first command from a user input device in relation to the first graphical interface to flag a current time as the real time market data is being received and displayed in the first graphical interface; responsive to receiving the first command, creating an incomplete annotation record that comprises the current time that was flagged; displaying an indicator associated with the flagged time that is selectable by a user input device to open the incomplete annotation record; receiving a second command to select the indicator from a user input device at a subsequent time to the flagged time to complete the incomplete annotation record; responsive to the selection of the indicator by the second command, displaying the incomplete annotation record on the second graphical interface; receiving user data corresponding to the flagged time for entry into the incomplete annotation record to create a completed annotation record; and storing the user data associated with the annotation record. 13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first graphical interface comprises a trading screen interface.