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9 unusual facts about Chicago Board of Trade


CBOT

Chicago Board of Trade, futures and options exchange in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Board of Trade

The Pit is also the title and subject of a classic novel (1903) by Frank Norris.

Darrell Zimmerman

After working briefly trading in the Vancouver financial market, Zimmerman moved to Chicago and became a trader at the Chicago Board of Trade in 1985; He worked first as an entry-level clerk on the floor.

Hull Trading Company

Powerful workstations process streams of financial data, flashing advice to the handhelds carried by Hull traders at the CBOE and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).

IntercontinentalExchange

In March 2007 ICE made an unsuccessful $9.9 billion bid for the Chicago Board of Trade, which was instead acquired by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

John Augur Holabird

The firm became known for buildings in the Art Deco style, particularly Chicago skyscrapers, including 333 North Michigan Avenue, the Palmolive Building, the Chicago Daily News Building, the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Henry Crown Field House, as well as the North Dakota State Capitol.

Negative volume index

After giving up his Chicago Board of Trade membership, he published an advisory letter geared to short-term trading using advance-decline data.

Roger Gray

Gray was a consultant for such policy and regulatory bodies as the Chicago Board of Trade, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, as well as an expert witness in a number of famous manipulation and tax cases.

Value Expectations

Prior to co-founding AFG, Resendes was a member of the Chicago Board of Trade and served as director of research for HOLT Value Associates.


Chicago literature

Frank Norris's The Pit is a novel of greed and life on the early 20th century trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade.

Joe Ritchie

Ritchie left the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) in 1976, and returned to trading futures at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).

Lee Stern

On October 22, 1992, Darrell Zimmerman of Chicago, Illinois and Anthony Catalfo of Bayside, Queens, New York, attempted to manipulate the US Treasury bond futures and options market of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT).


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