Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Floor
Traders work on the floor of the new york stock exchange on march 16 2020 near the end of the trading day.
Chicago stock exchange trading floor. The experience can be customized by educational level basic intermediate and advanced. Designed by chicago architects louis sullivan and his partner dankmar adler the original chicago stock exchange was completed in 1894. The centerpiece of this thirteen story building was the trading room a dramatic double height space that was designed for the daily operations of the stock exchange and filled with sullivan s lush organic ornament and stenciled patterns. The cboe announced it plans to reopen its chicago based options trading floor on june 8 after being closed for more than two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The exchange began to flourish significantly in the late 1880s with the rate of transactions of stocks and bonds increasing and earning them big profits. This experience includes a 1 hour narrated tour of the cboe trading floor and a unique view into the s p 500 index pit during live trading. Trading floors aren t unique to the new york stock exchange. The old chicago stock exchange building was demolished in 1972 but the original trading floor and main entrance can now be found at the art institute of chicago.
Trading floors are found in the buildings of various exchanges such as the new york stock exchange and the chicago board of trade. The nyse will partially reopen its trading floor may 26 after closing it in late march. The floor where trading activities are conducted. The new york stock exchange is taking precautionary measures as well working to.
This would make cme the first major u s. Sullivan s most distinctive commercial structures. 1 hour all access tour of cboe trading floor. Exchange to close a trading floor due to concerns over the coronavirus.
How the trading floor works. Veteran cboe options trader and tour guide. In fact you ll find trading floors at the chicago board of trade and in investment banks and.