Abstract: A method includes placing a securities trading order on a securities exchange and determining a net settlement amount for the securities trading order in the local currency of the securities exchange. In response to the determined net settlement amount, a foreign exchange trading order is automatically placed to convert the determined net settlement amount from the local currency to the operating currency of the party for whom the securities trading order was placed.

Abstract: A method and system for optimizing coding gain that alters the backsearch buffer length and/or the input buffer length of a decoder in response to one or more transmission performance characteristics of the system. The performance characteristics are monitored to determine the performance of the system. The measured transmission performance characteristics are used to control the lengths of the backsearch buffer and the input buffer. The measured transmission performance characteristics along with the backsearch length and/or the input buffer length are analyzed and compared with simulated decoding results. In accordance with the simulated results, the system determines the optimal size of the backsearch buffer and the input buffer needed to achieve a desired performance target. The system adjusts the size of the backsearch buffer length and/or the input buffer length to equal the determined optimal lengths.