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by csulmone 1867 days ago
Most people don't know that pit trading is still around! I work in SPX options trading and the CBOE in Chicago still has a huge in person trading pit.
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coldpie 1867 days ago
How has that looked over the past year? :)
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fighterpilot 1867 days ago
Why do they not close it and go full electronic? What's the point?
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vernie 1867 days ago
Where else are you going to get photos of that one dude to go with every day's "the market is up or down" article?
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dbt00 1867 days ago
Long story short, options have so many more ways of buying and selling due to complex spreads that it's still worth it to have in person trading.
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