This is the story of open outcry trading, electronic trading and an imaginary secret organization I created to tell the story of both. This was the first time I used SPET, or the Society for the Promotion of Electronic Trading, to tell a story.
In the late 1960s, there were two rogue candidates who ran for the role of chairman of Chicago's leading futures exchanges. One was Leo...
Standing Out in 1999 Led to a Career Standing Up For The Markets Twenty-five years ago, in August 1999, I began producing this daily...