Commodity Exchange Trading Floor

In an open outcry auction bids and offers must be made out in the open market.

Commodity exchange trading floor. It involves shouting and the use of hand signals to transfer information primarily about buy and sell orders. The term should not be confused with floor broker floor traders are occasionally referred to as registered competitive traders individual. James kim sales trader at saxo capital markets australia examines trading strategies for the week in a technical analysis of forex and equity charts. The floor where trading activities are conducted.

Open outcry is a method of communication between professionals on a stock exchange or futures exchange typically on a trading floor. Get the latest commodity trading prices for oil gold silver copper and more on the u s. Commodities market and exchange at cnnmoney. Kim looks at trends in the us dollar index and looks at pairs such as eurusd audusd and usdjpy.

A floor trader is a member of a stock or commodities exchange who trades on the floor of that exchange for his or her own account. The floor broker can relay these insights to the customer via the upstairs commodities broker. Floor traders used to use the open outcry method in the pit of a commodity or stock exchange but now most of them use electronic trading systems and do not appear in the pit. He also looks at commodities such as oil gold and copper.

The part of the trading floor where this takes place is called a pit. The floor trader must abide by trading rules similar to those of the exchange specialists who trade on behalf of others.