Imagine a neon den of Swinging Sixties-era cool, where couples cozy next to the bubbling fire pit and strangers trade sultry glances over their Mai Tais.

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He leaves the pit without making a single trade.

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Locals can trade on the screen and in the pit at the same time.

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Instead, traders around the world will be able to buy and sell futures contracts on any of these exchanges via a single computer link, without anyone signalling a trade across the crowded floor of a futures pit.

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