These 14 Trader Hand Signals Are An HR Rep's Worst Nightmare

Racist. Sexist. Filthy. Obscene. These are the words we'll use to describe the hand signals traders will flash to each other in their efforts to communicate quickly across noisy trading floors. "The ability to recognize all market participants was what made open outcry trading transparent and from this, signals were developed for the larger brokerages and for some large local traders," writes Ryan Carlson on TradingPitHistory.com. "In cases where a more universal signal was never developed, thei...