by MWEdAdmin | Oct 14, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
WILLIAMS SPOKE TO JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS FOR THE OPEN OUTCRY TRADERS HISTORY PROJECT Bruce Williams was a South Side Chicago street smart kid who found his way to the markets through tennis. As a youth, Williams had dreams of being a professional tennis player, and it was...
by MWEdAdmin | Oct 14, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
WILLIAMS SPOKE TO JOHN LOTHIAN NEWS FOR THE OPEN OUTCRY TRADERS HISTORY PROJECT Bruce Williams met Blair Hull when both were on a joint CBOT-CBOE committee for a new equity product where different versions would trade at the exchanges. Williams was in the Major Market...
by MWEdAdmin | Oct 14, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
TRADER LARRY ABRAMS TALKS ABOUT HIS CAREER FOR THE OPEN OUTCRY TRADERS HISTORY PROJECT In part two of the JLN MarketsWiki Education Open Outcry Traders History Project interview with Larry Abrams, he talks about the emotionally draining market openings every day, his...
by MWEdAdmin | Aug 4, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
Currency Trader Yra Harris Says Early Days of the CME Offered Near-Boundless Opportunity, Taught Him Market is Always Right In the early days of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, economic opportunity was phenomenal, said CME currency trader Yra Harris. ”I used to say...
by MWEdAdmin | Aug 4, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
Veteran Currency Trader Yra Harris Found His Way Onto the Floor, Later Embraced Electronic Trading Yra Harris was on a career track to become a college professor in the 1970s, earning a master’s degree in economics. But when he came home from school his parents gave...
by MWEdAdmin | Aug 4, 2021 | Open Outcry Traders History Project
Larry Abrams’ career started with a chance encounter on a ski lift which was prompted by a good deed. He and some friends helped to push a stranded car that was stuck during a blizzard in Park City, Utah. The next day on the lift line he was paired with the man whose...
