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Technique

Index finger pointed vertical, touching the chin, and the rest of fingers closed.

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CME version.

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One Year Bundle; Part 1

Functions Contracts One Year Bundle; Part 1
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Functions Contracts One Year Bundle; Part 1
Index finger pointed vertical, touching the chin, and the rest of fingers closed.
CME version.
Functions Contracts One Year Bundle; Part 2
Bundling motion with both hands.
CME version.
Functions Contracts Eurodollar Serial Months
Fist is held near mouth and rotated in circles.
Serial sounds like cereal, so action mimics eating spoonful of cereal. CME version.
Functions Contracts Packs
Fist bangs in the air.
Using force of fist to pack. CME version.
Functions Contracts S & P 400 Midcap
Hand is held to head and mimics removing hat.
Cap or hat. CME version.
Functions Contracts One Month LIBOR
Thumb and index finger are held to form the letter "L."
"L" for LIBOR. CME version.
Functions Contracts French Franc
Thumb and index and middle fingers are extended outward.
Fingers form an "F" for the first letter of the country and currency. CME version.
Functions Contracts Brazilian Real
Fist is held near mouth and mimics drinking from coffee cup.
Coffee is a Brazilian export. CME version.
Functions Contracts British Pound
Fist pounds on the head.
Play on name of currency. CME version.
Functions Contracts Mexican Peso
Thumb and index finger mimic twirling of mustache.
Stereotype of Mexican with mustache. CME version.
Functions Contracts South African Rand
Index finger is extended and draws circle around face.
Rand sounds like round. CME version.
Functions Contracts Euro
Hand is cupped to ear.
Euro sounds like "ear." CME version.
Functions Contracts Australian Dollar
Hand is held with fingers extended outward. Thumb is pressed to ring finger.
Duck-billed platypus, native to Australia. CME version.
Functions Contracts German Deutsche Mark
Index and middle finger placed horizontally beneath the nose.
Hitler's mustache. CME version.
Functions Contracts German Deutsche Mark (version 2)
Index and middle finger placed horizontally beneath the nose.
Hitler's mustache. CME version.
Functions Contracts Japanese Yen
Index finger is extended and pulls back corner of eye.
Stereotype of Asian with slanted eyes. CME version.
Functions Contracts Canadian Dollar
Hand is cupped to form the letter "C."
"C" is first letter of Canada. CME version.
Functions Contracts Gasoline
Thumb and index finger squeeze nose.
Gas smells bad. NYMEX version.
Functions Contracts Heating Oil
Hand is held flat against the forehead and moved laterally.
Heating, hot, sweating. CME version.

Functions

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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