chicago options exchange

on monday morning we awoke to 12 degree weather and snow flurries .. 

lucky for us we were going to meet Mr. Bittman at the CBOE .. the chicago board of options exchange .. kinda like the stock exchange but they trade options instead .. for a tour ..

the last few times we have been in chicago we have stopped by this building .. 

we got as far as the lobby ..

thankfully this year with a little help from an old friend we got a tour .. 

this is the trading floor .. 

they were more than nice .. come closer they kept saying ..

i think all the hollering made the kids nervous .. 

there was screaming and shouting and hand waving and hand signals ..

it was pretty exciting .. 

cash asked what this was .. 

a phone i said ..

its really big .. how would daddy get that into his pocket and 

where are the games ?

all the trading houses wear different colored jackets 

so not only is it noisy it is colorful .. 

thank you Mr. Bittman for a very fun morning !