CONTRACTS

Technique

Hands facing away from body, thumb is extended downwards as index and middle fingers are extended horizontally while pinky and ring fingers are closed.

Origin

Fingers form an F for the first letter of the country and currency.

French Franc

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Many different functional hand signals were developed to facilitate new contracts, the options markets and to be more specific in order execution. Generally, such functional signals were highly localized and their use confined to one exchange or even one pit.

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