Leo Melamed – Open Outcry Traders History Project Podcast

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Leo Melamed was the first person to be interviewed for the Open Outcry Traders History Project video series by John Lothian News and MarketsWiki Education. Here is the first podcast we have made from the video series, starting with Leo’s story.

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Norm Singer – Open Outcry Traders History Project

Norm Singer – Open Outcry Traders History Project

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Veteran trader and FCM executive Norm Singer was interviewed for the Open Outcry Traders History Project by John Lothian News. 
Singer graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in psychology and was looking for a job. But he did not want to go back to school to get the education required to practice psychology.

Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project – Part Three

Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project – Part Three

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In part three of his interview with John Lothian News for the Open Outcry Traders History Project, veteran trader and educator Gilbert Leistner says the only thing he saw in his years of trading that spontaneously stopped trading was the Challenger space shuttle blowing up. The floor went silent for 30 seconds and it was two minutes before he heard his first tasteless joke, he said.

Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project Interview – Part One

Gilbert Leistner – Open Outcry Traders History Project Interview – Part One

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Veteran Options Trader Shares Stories from New York to Chicago and Around the World

Gilbert Leistner is a good storyteller and he shared many stories during an interview for the Open Outcry Traders History Project that JLN has broken into three parts. The stories are about his difficulties with the feudal specialist system at the AMEX, coming to Chicago and trading on all three Chicago exchanges, dragons and princes, trading models that don’t work, and figuring out one that changed the way futures options trade. 

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