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Overview
A fascinating look at the high-speed, high-power trading floor of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. Director Jon Else explores this hectic, noisy, seemingly chaotic workplace with his signature style -- eschewing narration in favor of long, real-time shots that bring the viewer right into the heart-stopping action of the trading floor. He reveals the traders' sudden wealth, sudden disaster, and grace under pressure as they exchange billions of dollars in futures and options contracts - for cattle, pork bellies, Eurodollars and the Nasdaq-100 futures. Also revealed is the endangerment of the open outcry trading system as the digital revolution replaces it at many of the world's financial exchanges.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- June 1, 2001
- Original language
- English
- Production
- PBS
- Director
- Jon Else
- Writer
- Jon Else
- Producer
- Bonni Cohen,Jon Else
- Cinematography
- Jon Else
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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