why in videos of stock traders at the stock exchange on Wall Street (especially in the 90s and such) are all of the guys shouting and clamoring? Are they putting in trades that way?

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why in videos of stock traders at the stock exchange on Wall Street (especially in the 90s and such) are all of the guys shouting and clamoring? Are they putting in trades that way?

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Open pit trading is pretty much a thing of the past. The one exception I can think of is the London Metals Exchange.