"Tell me why you want to become a trader"

A repost from November 2010.

Unfortunately our hat tip did not link to a specific post:

FT Alphaville has been on a roll today and because of that we broke our "one link per day rule". For this video they get a Tip of the old Chapeau. 

Flashback: CBOT Soybean market pit trading:

And from Crain's Chicago Business:

Closing time: Stories from Chicago's famed trading floor

With many of the futures pits going dark next month, current and former traders talk about their highs and lows