Abstract: A display for presenting trends in financial commodities such as stocks. The display is made up of an array of rectangular boxes each representing an individual stock. Each display is dedicated to a different sector of the market. The color of the individual boxes is representative of the degree of fractional deviation of the most recent trading price of that stock from an assigned selected reference value, e.g., the price at the end of the previous trading session. Preferably, the location of each individual stock within the display is determined by the degree of influence that the user is to perceive that stock has upon one characteristic of the market, e.g., the volatility on one axis and perceived source of volatility on another axis, or the stocks can be located in accordance with decreasing market share on one axis and decreasing capitalization on the other.