Everyday was April Fools day in my LIFFE floor days but people went to town on the 1st
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Business Insider takes a look down memory lane and the fun side of floor trading
They list 25 pranks that US floor traders used to pull. We had many of them on the LIFFE floor too and April 1st brought them out the woodwork. BI list most of the old school ones like sticking cardboard spurs to people’s shoes, placing trading card shark fins under collars (something I still do to mates on occasion) but they’ve missed a few.
In the spirit of April Fools day, here’s some old trading floor japes
