Pit Hand Signals

I found this sweet site that cataloged some of the hand signals used in the pits by different exchanges.

http://tradingpithistory.com/gallery/2/prices_qua…

You should check out the signals for the brokerages . . . particularly DB's and REFCO's. Brilliant.

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LOL @ DB... nice one

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