Chapter 04 · Section 4.1

Trading Floor Advantage

A major advantage of the trading floor system compared to the automated exchange system is:

a) that all trades are made by open outcry, which is not possible on the computerized system;
• b) that traders can see and hear each other, and thereby get a feeling for what happens in the market.
  Yes. An important concern of a trader used to trading on an exchange floor is to "get the market feeling" - which is difficult to transmit per computer. Continue

(Click here for help)