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Described as order within chaos, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange packs in more than 4,000 traders and staff on two trading floors each day. In the daily activity of open outcry auctions, minute-by-minute deals are made in heart-pumping theatrical display: a blur of hand signals and shouts, bodies vying for attention and making deals for billions of dollars at lightning speed.
The eye-popping whirlwind of activity in the pit - what does it all mean?
Enter the pit and see, hear and feel what it's like.
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Find out what the colored jackets mean. Translate the meaning of a simple twist of the wrist and learn about the arcane hand signals. Get a crash course in options and futures and, if you still need a road map, study the glossary of terms.
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