Members of the NIBA – Just prior to entering the trading pit in the 1983 film “Trading Places,” Louis Winthorpe, III (as played by actor Dan Aykroyd) declares, “Well, this is it, the last bastion of pure capitalism left on earth.” While there may have been some exaggeration in that comment, it was certainly true that just by talking to a floor clerk or being on the morning call, a broker could form an opinion about market participants and direction for any particular day, and pass that information on to customers located far from the trading floor. On February 4,…