Visit Wall Street Trading Floor

You have two options when you visit wall street.

Visit wall street trading floor.

Floor trading on the nyse which was established in 1792 first began on april 22 1903 at 18 broad street but electronic trading only began in the 1960s following a backroom crisis that saw. Discovery education offers an online virtual visit to the nyse trading floor. The nyse trading floor. The floor where trading activities are conducted.

A man cleans up on the trading floor following traders testing positive for coronavirus disease covid 19 at the new york stock exchange nyse in new york u s march 19 2020. Wall street floor trading from wall street trader 1x02. The main building and the 11 wall street building were designated national historic landmarks in 1978. The wall street story is not just history but it s alive relevant and will shape our.

Bring your cameras and your questions. The trading floor. If you are missing the good old days you can see what a typical day of trading used to be like by watching movies like wall street with michael douglas the pursuit of happiness starring will smith and trading places starring dan aykroyd and eddie. We saw a need to tell the inside story not available elsewhere.

An in depth tour for nyc finance aficionado or an entertaining overview of wall street new york city. That s just what our guided tours of wall street do. It is no longer the chaotic scene that s dramatized on tv shows and movies with traders waving slips of paper yelling stock prices and negotiating million dollar deals in a matter of seconds. Trading floors are found in the buildings of various exchanges such as the new york stock exchange and the chicago board of trade.

Although you can no longer visit the trading floor do not get too disappointed. We try to personify and demystify wall street. The nyse trading floor is located at 11 wall street and is composed of 21 rooms used for the facilitation of trading. The nyse has always been an exciting place with exciting things happening every minute.