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In this picture:Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
In this picture: Frank Gradini
Monday, November 26, 2007
In these pictures: Don Bainbridge
Friday, November 23, 2007
In this combined picture: Dave Sears, Mike Binns, Mike Morrison
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Memories of the TSE Floor
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Monday, November 19, 2007
Floor Tickets
I know this will seem very obvious to the traders that were actually on the floor but for posterity I thought that it would be a good idea to explain the ticketing process.
Swish, thanks for sending me the actual floor tickets.
Traders carried a “trading book” that contained all of their outstanding orders and trading tickets that were used to legally bind a trade.
The tickets came in pad form with three per page. Each ticket was made up of three parts.
Once the details of trade had been verbally agreed to by the selling broker and the buying broker the following occurred:
1. The seller made out the ticket with all the trade information. In this case Broker #90 (First Canada Securities) is selling 100 shares of BCE (BCE INC) to Broker #85 (Scotia Capital)
2. The seller initialed the trade ticket on the bottom right and marked whether the trade was for a Non-Client (N) which was an employee of the firm or a for a firm inventory account. Alternatively, the trade could have been for a Registered Trader (RT) with an identifier mark that identifies the particular Registered Trader. Tickets that were left blank in this area were for clients. In this case the seller was acting on behalf of a client.
3. The seller then separated the three part auto transfer ticket, keeping the last part for his/her records.
4. The buyer then reviewed the details on the ticket. If the details on the ticket matched what had been verbally agreed to, the trader for #85 would then initial the ticket on the top. In this case the buyer “K” is identified as the Registered Trader.
5. The buyer would then separate the two remaining copies, keeping the second copy for his/her records.
6. The buyer would then pass the top copy (official trade details) to a TSE post clerk who would timestamp the ticket.
7. The ticket would then be passed to a TSE input operator who would then keypunch the information into the TSE system which in turn would post the trade to the ticker.
Trade disputes…very few, but if there was a dispute the original ticket was retrieved. A Floor Governor (member of the Floor Procedure Committee) and a Floor Official would review the floor ticket and compare the initials on the ticket to a record copy of initials. From that review a “ruling” was made as to whether the trade was legitimate or not.
Swish, thanks for sending me the actual floor tickets.
Traders carried a “trading book” that contained all of their outstanding orders and trading tickets that were used to legally bind a trade.
The tickets came in pad form with three per page. Each ticket was made up of three parts.
Once the details of trade had been verbally agreed to by the selling broker and the buying broker the following occurred:
1. The seller made out the ticket with all the trade information. In this case Broker #90 (First Canada Securities) is selling 100 shares of BCE (BCE INC) to Broker #85 (Scotia Capital)
2. The seller initialed the trade ticket on the bottom right and marked whether the trade was for a Non-Client (N) which was an employee of the firm or a for a firm inventory account. Alternatively, the trade could have been for a Registered Trader (RT) with an identifier mark that identifies the particular Registered Trader. Tickets that were left blank in this area were for clients. In this case the seller was acting on behalf of a client.
3. The seller then separated the three part auto transfer ticket, keeping the last part for his/her records.
4. The buyer then reviewed the details on the ticket. If the details on the ticket matched what had been verbally agreed to, the trader for #85 would then initial the ticket on the top. In this case the buyer “K” is identified as the Registered Trader.
5. The buyer would then separate the two remaining copies, keeping the second copy for his/her records.
6. The buyer would then pass the top copy (official trade details) to a TSE post clerk who would timestamp the ticket.
7. The ticket would then be passed to a TSE input operator who would then keypunch the information into the TSE system which in turn would post the trade to the ticker.
Trade disputes…very few, but if there was a dispute the original ticket was retrieved. A Floor Governor (member of the Floor Procedure Committee) and a Floor Official would review the floor ticket and compare the initials on the ticket to a record copy of initials. From that review a “ruling” was made as to whether the trade was legitimate or not.
Friday, November 16, 2007
Editorial on the TSE Traders Archive
The TSE Traders Archive has now been running with daily postings since late July and we have had a good deal of praise from all over the country. I would like to thank a number of people for their assistance. Simone Lau, a U.S trader on my desk, who is responsible for the actual creation, day-to-day posts, scanning and design of the Archive. In other words, the hard part. John Manna has been an invaluable contributor. Fred Ketchen, at 70, can still remember a lot of the names from some of the oldest pictures. I would like to particularly thank the individuals that sent me their pictures or profiles.
The reason why Simone and I started the Archive was because we were seeing the TSE Floor Trader’s history starting to disappear. People were losing touch with each other and even worse, people were passing away. Once we started the Archive, we have been constantly surprised to find out that many traders/post clerks/phone clerks and customer service staff don’t even have a picture of themselves on the Floors. Our intention, if we are successful, is to receive enough information/pictures/profiles and stories to publish something for everyone as a memento.
We have been in contact with lots of individuals and have been promised lots of information. It has been like pulling teeth. Promises are late in coming. Please share your information with us and the rest of the street. Mail your items to my address listed on the Archive (on the right panel) and we will return the originals to you.
I would also ask that you pass on the Archive link to your contacts. We know that there is a large population of traders that don’t even know about the site yet.
The reason why Simone and I started the Archive was because we were seeing the TSE Floor Trader’s history starting to disappear. People were losing touch with each other and even worse, people were passing away. Once we started the Archive, we have been constantly surprised to find out that many traders/post clerks/phone clerks and customer service staff don’t even have a picture of themselves on the Floors. Our intention, if we are successful, is to receive enough information/pictures/profiles and stories to publish something for everyone as a memento.
We have been in contact with lots of individuals and have been promised lots of information. It has been like pulling teeth. Promises are late in coming. Please share your information with us and the rest of the street. Mail your items to my address listed on the Archive (on the right panel) and we will return the originals to you.
I would also ask that you pass on the Archive link to your contacts. We know that there is a large population of traders that don’t even know about the site yet.
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