The commodities futures pits in Chicago and New York where thousands of traders used to use hand signals to buy and sell everything from pork bellies to grains closed after the bell on July 6.

The first day of May was a watershed moment for agricultural commodity markets and farmers and ranchers. May 1 marked the end of live-person pit trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and its ...

Todd is a member of Chicago Board of Trade where he traded in the Dow Bond and Grain Pits.He joined CWS trading in 2004 as managing director and CFO. CWS is a boutique proprietary trading firm ...