The easiest way to communicate with another trader on the other side of a noisy trading floor is to use hand signals. Ryan Carlson, who has worked at the Chicago Board of Trade, the Chicago ...

Traders communicate verbally and via hand signals to convey trading information ... For example, a trader on one floor may flash a signal with his palms facing outward, away from his body to ...

On the floor, traders in their blue jackets are everywhere. “I spent my whole career in this building,” says Kenny Polcari, a trader for ... wildly with hand signals. “Even though it looks ...

For instance, when a trader places ... "Trading Floor." Warrior Trading. "The Unlikely History of Electronic Trading." Open-Outcry Communication. "Hand Signals." Trading Pit History.

Last week, we introduced you to different hand signals traders use in "the pit" of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange to indicate buy and sell orders. For the most part, the traditional face-to-face ...

Traders communicate verbally and via hand signals to convey trading information ... For example, a trader on one floor may flash a signal with his palms facing outward, away from his body to ...