A system for processing and displaying financial market data corresponding to user selected primary and secondary symbols having a programmable computer with a display. A communication device is connected to the computer for receiving the financial market data from an external data source. The computer has software for selecting the primary and secondary symbols from the financial market data and for displaying the data corresponding to the primary symbol on a central portion of the display and displaying the data corresponding to the secondary symbols on a peripheral portion of the display and periodically updating the data corresponding to the selected primary and secondary symbols.