ORDER EXECUTIONS

Technique

One hand up in the air conveying that a smaller quantity is being bid on (quantity varies by pit)

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Many different functional hand signals were developed to facilitate new contracts, the options markets and to be more specific in order execution. Generally, such functional signals were highly localized and their use confined to one exchange or even one pit.

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