Here are a couple photos which were taken on the last day of floor trading at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange, December 19, 2008. The quality isn’t great since I forgot my camera and used my Blackberry. The first photo is during the trading day around noon and it’s quite obvious as to why the trading floor got shut down. The …

Photo credit goes to my good friend Tuan Le. At the KCBT, this poster which was originally issued by the CME to promote options, has been taped to a desk for three eternities. Risk Not Thy Whole Wad is probably the first commandment when it comes to trading.

Before the CME trading floor was taken apart, I snapped a couple photos of the empty trading floor in May 2008. They aren’t the greatest photos because they were taken with my Blackberry.

Photo taken November 23, 1983 of last trading day on 444 West Jackson trading floor. Some of the picture got cut off because my scanner isn’t big enough. Remember to click on the photo to enlarge detail.

Below are three posters from approximately 1974 when the CME did an ad campaign mocking communist countries. I can recall seeing one mocking Yugoslavia in an office but I haven’t seen it again. If anyone has a copy, please submit it! How come there’s no Peking Duck Exchange? Difference of opinion – openly aired – is as essential to a …

Source unknown but out of a national financial magazine sometime in the mid to late 1970s.

Finally the initial launch of Trading Pit History is ready. It’s important to get further submissions for hand signals used in the trading pit so if there are any that you know of and aren’t already on the site, please submit them. Thanks!