Showing posts with label pork belly futures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pork belly futures. Show all posts

Monday, 22 January 2018

dreams and nightmares - no. 16


pork belly futures...




...going for growth

In 1961 the Chicago Mercantile Exchange introduced trading in pork belly futures, a charcuterie version of Bitcoin, and it continues to facilitate the sale of virtual meat to this day.

Some new traders seek to secure a toe-hold in the market by starting small and building up, as can be seen from the photo above.