Beat/Brag: First Job in 3 Years (PICS!!!)
 

So, I started my first real job in three years on Monday. I'm working as a runner at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Perhaps you know it as the Chicago Butter and Egg Board (if you're over 100 years old). So, far it has been pretty interesting. There's a lot of [censored] going on that is way over my head at this point as far as lingo and procedure. So, far I've spent most of my time just standing around watching stuff go down. It's pretty cool since I'm basically watching a high stakes poker game, since a lot of the futures trading is really zero sum stuff. If you have any questions (though this is NOT an ask me thread) shoot or you may be interested in some insider trading.

Here's some pics:


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One of my bosses watching some MMA on some non-youtube video site. How long do I wait to rickroll? http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/7...9editedwx3.jpg

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Massive Hud Stats. http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/8973/img085xt5.jpg


This is the pit about a half hour before open. It'll be packed with traders from 8:30 to 3:15. http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6632/img087ob1.jpg

This is the POS thing I sit on most of the day.
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Omg! The market is crashing...no not really. http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8777/img088qj2.jpg

This girl was seriously HAWT...unfortunately I was just creepball enough to get these pics and couldn't get any frontals. http://img399.imageshack.us/img399/5021/img99uk5.jpg

This cute little AZN trader with a bare midriff beneath the mesh stands in front of me all day. She is probably rich. Plz to be bearing my children? http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/8...0editedvt8.jpg



A book I went to get on State Street for my main boss for his son for a science project, I didn't ask questions:

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Some pics I didn't take: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/relea...0010306-10.jpg
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wtf, what kind of job did you have 3 years ago that helped you hook up this gig?

a+ post btw, i like pics

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Why does everyone wear raincoats?

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more pics of azn

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how do i get this job. how did you get this job

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Why does everyone wear raincoats?

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It was raining that day.

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how do i get this job. how did you get this job

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just like in ferris buellers day off

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SOY! SOY! SOY! http://www.rob-clarkson.com/duff-brewery/martin/01.jpg

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Nice, the floor is definitely crazy. I'm in the Clearing House's Risk Management Division. It's so sick getting automated emails everyday about who is up/down the most in the market as well as who is above/below their tolerance level (aka "couple more days like this and poof, bye bye company!"). Corn will move up $0.20 and people will be losing hundreds of millions of dollars (usually just one company that shorts corn for the farmers that want to hedge their risk).

Btw, I don't know if you've seen her, but there's a blonde down there that is hotttt. She's on the lower trading floor. gogogo pics!

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the brunettes shose are so gross that i hope she trips and falls on her FAT UGLY FACE

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the brunettes shose are so gross that i hope she trips and falls on her FAT UGLY FACE

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I like these better. http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7569/kiran1ub1.jpg

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P.S. how far do you live from the merc and do you take train or bus?

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I think it is pretty high demand job, so you basically have to know a trader or someone who knows a trader that can hook you up...which I do. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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P.S. how far do you live from the merc and do you take train or bus?

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I live in Evanston. It is about 40ish minutes by either the purple express or the Metra.

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How much do you make$$$$$$?

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A lot less than poker, but that's not really why I took the job. Some of the guys who basically are in the same position as me, though, but a few years down the line make 6 figures.

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How do I get a job there? How well does it pay?

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isnt six figures

1.6 million dollhairs??

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I think it is pretty high demand job, so you basically have to know a trader or someone who knows a trader that can hook you up...which I do. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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in other words everyone pm nustar and ask him for a recommendation! GOGOGO

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isnt six figures

1.6 million dollhairs??

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Wha? 6 figures = ???,???

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the brunettes shose are so gross that i hope she trips and falls on her FAT UGLY FACE

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I like these better. http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7569/kiran1ub1.jpg

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Oh my god those boots are hot

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have you asked anyone what they think of jim cramer? seems like a good question to ask people that actually work on the trading floor. unless you dont care about cramer, which you should.

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have you asked anyone what they think of jim cramer? seems like a good question to ask people that actually work on the trading floor. unless you dont care about cramer, which you should.

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lol, no one gives a [censored] about cramer... he's a non-entity in the futures/options markets

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On a side note i'm gonna take my first trip to a casino in chi-town this weekend, hope the games are soft!

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Casino? Chi town? Since when?

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Casino? Chi town? Since when?

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I'm guessing Gary.

Majestic Star? It was decently nice when I went...for being in Gary.

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SOY! SOY! SOY! http://www.rob-clarkson.com/duff-brewery/martin/01.jpg

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Yeah, unfortunately we're just trading S&P 500 futures...Soy is where it's at!

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Yeah, unfortunately we're just trading S&P 500 futures...Soy is where it's at!

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People still trade spoos on the floor?

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How much do you make$$$$$$?

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A lot less than poker, but that's not really why I took the job. Some of the guys who basically are in the same position as me, though, but a few years down the line make 6 figures.

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six figures as a runner? what does a runner do, exactly?

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evanston is teh [censored] no?

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A lot less than poker, but that's not really why I took the job. Some of the guys who basically are in the same position as me, though, but a few years down the line make 6 figures.

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six figures as a runner? what does a runner do, exactly?

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I doubt runners make that much. They probably move into trader positions.

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A lot less than poker, but that's not really why I took the job. Some of the guys who basically are in the same position as me, though, but a few years down the line make 6 figures.

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six figures as a runner? what does a runner do, exactly?

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I doubt runners make that much. They probably move into trader positions.

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They are runners making that much. They do a lot, and definitely know what they are doing. They have a lot of responsibilities beyond what might be typical for runners, though. To me at least it appears that a couple of our most experienced runners do more than the traders. I mean, it seems clear to me that these guys have valuable years of experience, and should easily be worth more than $50 an hour (which would be about 100,000 a year).

On the other hand, I'm sure there are a lot of runners that don't do much at all and probably never will. (I currently seem pretty worthless.

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Yeah, unfortunately we're just trading S&P 500 futures...Soy is where it's at!

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People still trade spoos on the floor?

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Yeah, it is one of the busiest pits for sure.

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the brunettes shose are so gross that i hope she trips and falls on her FAT UGLY FACE

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I like these better. http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/7569/kiran1ub1.jpg

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thanks i liked them too

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Buy me some [censored] OJ

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wow grats on the job, u got a future!

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The coolest thing imaginable would be to Rickroll the entire floor on the jumbotron.

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congrats dude, that seems really nice and with a big future in it.
cheers