The new york stock exchange s fabled floor traders fearing steeper job losses in their already diminished ranks are an endangered species.
How to get on the nyse floor.
In fact floor traders serve as a small fraction of the people found on the floor of the new york stock exchange each day.
With the heyday of the human floor trader now ancient.
It is no longer the chaotic scene that s dramatized on tv shows and movies with traders waving slips of paper yelling stock prices and negotiating million dollar deals in a matter of seconds.
It was home to traders and brokers who did the actual buying selling and negotiating on the physical exchange.
The price of seats is set by supply and demand and the price tends to fluctuate with the state of the economy.
The floor of the stock exchange was once the main location for market transactions.
Although you can no longer visit the trading floor do not get too disappointed.
Dick grasso a former head of nyse once called paywall the stock exchange the greatest show on earth so far the exchange s famous trading floor has mostly held off automation s advance.
If he gets overexcited about a market move and steps too close to other people on the floor he gets another tap on the shoulder.
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Before they can trade generally they must pass a screening.
Noam galai getty images the trading floor.
Stock exchange seats must be purchased.
The price of a seat on the new york stock exchange can be as little as 4 000 and as much as 4 000 000.