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Re: CL_e minni



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In some offices it is common to leave the terminals on so that the 
cleaning ladies can practice a bit and teach the brokers 
something. Luckily broker-type people are not working in the 
military or in nuclear power plants .......

> >Apparently, a local E-Mini trader's clerk threw his briefcase on the
> >desk,
> >which landed on the traders keyboard, which moved the market the
> >8 points.
> 
> 
> These traders are going to have to put up some guardrails or screens (cages)
> around the keyboard.  the same thing happened recently in Europe (I've
> forgotten the exact details) when a trader sat on or leaned on the keyboard
> and was entering orders.  Seems crazy to me that this is possible.  This
> isn't an arcade.
> 
> ~Alan
> 
>