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Most people don't know that pit trading is still around! I work in SPX options trading and the CBOE in Chicago still has a huge in person trading pit.

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How has that looked over the past year? :)

Why do they not close it and go full electronic? What's the point?

Where else are you going to get photos of that one dude to go with every day's "the market is up or down" article?

Long story short, options have so many more ways of buying and selling due to complex spreads that it's still worth it to have in person trading.

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