Noam galai getty images the trading floor.
How to get on the nyse floor.
The new york stock exchange nyse is a public company as of 2006 but it used to be private and you could become a member by buying a seat to own a seat meant you could trade on the floor.
The new york stock exchange s fabled floor traders fearing steeper job losses in their already diminished ranks are an endangered species.
In fact floor traders serve as a small fraction of the people found on the floor of the new york stock exchange each day.
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Before they can trade generally they must pass a screening.
Stock exchange seats must be purchased.
With the heyday of the human floor trader now ancient.
The price of seats is set by supply and demand and the price tends to fluctuate with the state of the economy.
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.
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.
It was home to traders and brokers who did the actual buying selling and negotiating on the physical exchange.
When the economy is booming seats will sell for more.
Corpina said the nyse employs floor monitors to enforce the new rules.