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.

Visit wall street trading floor.

The nyse trading floor. 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. Our company was founded to provide an exclusive and comprehensive experience to visitors of wall street. 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.

The nyse trading floor is located at 11 wall street and is composed of 21 rooms used for the facilitation of trading. You have two options when you visit wall street. Discovery education offers an online virtual visit to the nyse trading floor. Trading floors are found in the buildings of various exchanges such as the new york stock exchange and the chicago board of trade.

Bring your cameras and your questions. An in depth tour for nyc finance aficionado or an entertaining overview of wall street new york city. We saw a need to tell the inside story not available elsewhere. 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. We try to personify and demystify wall street. The trading floor. That s just what our guided tours of wall street do.

Although you can no longer visit the trading floor do not get too disappointed. 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. An additional trading room located at 30 broad street was closed in february 2007. A new york legend.