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Who are the guys in the background of the NYSE floor coverage on CNBC?
What do they do? What are they paid? How do I become one?
Who are the guys in the background of the NYSE floor coverage on CNBC?
What do they do? What are they paid? How do I become one?
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You don't want to become one, dying breed.
They are specialists and floor brokers.
2nd Jeff Skilling.
3rd this - I know a guy that used to be one :( so sad
and 4th... If I was born a decade or at least 5 years earlier I would've loved to work in the pit.
3 words....high frequency trading
pretty soon you will hear the last dying roar of the floor brokers...
floor brokers, I also dream to be one of those way back then when I can remember the date.
All we need is a Y2K crash and HFT may be wiped out.
Like what traders always say, "History repeats itself" so I will just wait for this time to come along my way, and embrace it. haha
embrace what???
winning is always the best part of the game, don't embrace your lose!make sense ayt?!
Watch the Pit. /thread.
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