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good analogy UT - interested in a new career? story sellers are the most effective and have the happiest customers. (and generally make the most$$$$$$ along the way)

Wolf - the people with different colored coats have different functions, but most of the action you see on the floor is the process of matching up buyers and sellers. only certain people (companies) are allowed to act as clearing houses for certain stocks and all trades to go through them (excluding extremely large institutional trades). that is as much as anyone who doesn't work on the floor needs to know. that - and it is all going to computers in the near future.

Catwoman - "the little numbers..." i think someone had asked about the TICKER. you see it on the news - it scrolls by showing the trade symbol followed by the price. there are different ticker levels available, but what you have access to is generally delayed 20 minutes rather than up to the second accurate.