Floored Chicago Traders

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Floored chicago traders.

In this revealing documentary about the commodities market james allen smith tries to untangle the knots of shouting men on the floor of the chicago board of trade. The big swinging dicks he. Floored is a 2009 documentary film about the people and business of the chicago trading floors. Larry schulman was among the first traders in the 30 year treasury options pit at the chicago board of trade in 1982.

We know that no one from our most seasoned traders to our most innovative engineers has all the answers. If you have never had the chance to watch this full length documentary watch it below. This is the full film for your viewing pleasure enjoy. Since then he has trained many others in the art of buying and selling on the.

It s brutal honest and the language is colorful. Here men use strange hand signals to buy and sell everything from pork belly to soybeans while wearing the weight of our complex economy on their shoulders along with their neon jackets. So we ve created an environment where fresh ideas and open dialogue flow freely. The film focuses specifically on several chicago floor traders who have been impacted by the electronic trading revolution and whose jobs have been threatened by the use of computers in the trading world.

The trading floors in the financial canyons of downtown chicago. Into the pit is a great documentary about the chicago trading pits. Directed by james allen smith the film runs for 77 minutes. It was released in 2009 and discusses the wild ups and downs of the traders who made their living on the chicago trading floor.

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