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Trading done by human to human interaction using a combination of hand signals and verbal orders. Often associated with the NYMEX, CME Group, and CBOT. Formally the only way commodities were traded prior to electronic trading. Becoming less and less popular, many believe that open-outcry trading will become extinct in the next few years.
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