As many of you know, Grace is a currency trader, so one of the places we wanted to visit while in Chicago is the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), which is one of the major exchanges here in Chicago. Everything from grain to currency futures and options are traded on this exchange and it has just merged with the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) to form the CME Group.

The trading pits in the 1960’s

 

An early ticker machine

Modern price ticker on a computer

 

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