the area of a stock exchange building where shares are bought and sold.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The physical market of the stock exchange now replaced by the computerized system - See SEATS.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The area of an exchange where securities are bought and sold. See: Floor Broker; Security; Stock Exchange
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            See: Floor. TRADING POST: The structure on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange at which stocks are bought and sold. About 100 stocks are traded at each post.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            The location at any organized exchange where buyers and sellers meet to transact business.