floor traders
Exchange pit personnel
Floor traders are people who buy and sell securities or commodities on a trading floor, executing trades in person rather than electronically.
They work at exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange, using hand signals and shouted bids in open outcry trading.
The role has declined sharply as electronic trading has become dominant: The few remaining floor traders work alongside computer terminals.
- sellingTrading for payment
- buyingObtaining through payment
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- biddingOffering prices or obeying
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