1979 - For anyone old enough to remember

OK. Now you're all going off the rails.

What did exchange floors develop a reputation for? Other than the OBOs reversing puts and calls. This should make it a dead giveaway!

 

Was this a silver trading scandal?

edit: prince of whales did visit in 1976 per google.

 

Silver at the CBOE ?

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...-silver/480685d2-0951-416a-96f3-f4b568c18904/

 

The wheat thing?

 

CBOE first trading floor in the CBOT building

What were the floors known for?

 

Hookers?

You weren't old enough to be in that pic. Mea culpa.

 

"Hookers?"
Half the equation! Should be a lay-up now.
Regrettably, I'm old enough.
IMM member in 1979

 

Blow!