1.   Despite some resistance from independent options traders, only the index contracts are likely to be traded via open outcry on the new trading floor.

2.   Among those with the most at stake immediately are option traders who made losing bets on future currency trends.

3.   And as a former options trader at the American Stock Exchange, I know the derivatives business often appeals to high-wire risk-takers.

4.   Bill Wolfson, an options trader at the American Stock Exchange, was sidelined tonight by a broken ankle.

5.   But Paragallo has had a run of good fortune that would make even the best options trader envious.

6.   During the final stages of the negotiations with Loral, it appears that some options traders got word of what was going on.

7.   Frank Stone, bond options trader at the Board of Trade, selected ILL for his alma mater, the University of Illinois.

8.   He then became an options trader on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange and was the head of Binary Traders Inc.

9.   I began my career as an options trader with a low-paying go-fer job on the floor of the American Stock Exchange.

10.   In February, the bank said a former options trader had hidden losses for several years.