As many of you know, I had a chance to visit the Chicago Board of Trade last week… and it was awesome!  Visiting the S&P 500 pit has been on my to-do list ever since I started trading.  Apparently, the trading pits were a lot crazier back in 2002 (when E-minis were just becoming popular).

We took my newest trader Carlee (3 week old neice) with us… she had some good calls on the S&P and corn!  Just kidding, but it was a great time having the family there too.

As you’ll see in this video, the trading floor was pretty much dead.  It was the Friday before labor day at about 3pm.  Our connection from Atlanta was delayed by a couple of hours, so we missed the morning action.  Also, it was the week before the contract rollover, so the volume was even lower.  Thanks to Shannon with MF Global, we were able to get in behind the lines (with a camera)…

Filed under: Thoughts, Trading, Travel by Chris Dunn