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Timeline 1790-Today
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It all started with the Buttonwood Agreement in 1792. Follow this timeline to discover some of the highlights—and lowlights—that shaped our modern-day capital markets.
     
1973
The Chicago Board of Trade establishes the first listed options exchange, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE).
1982
The stock market begins a new rally, which, with periodic interruptions, continues through the remainder of the 20th century.
1987
The stock market crashes on October 19. The DJIA drops 22.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index declines 11.35%. These constitute the largest single-day percentage decreases ever.
1994
Internet trading is launched by K. Aufhauser & Company
1995
In March, Knight is founded to offer high quality trade executions to an initial roundtable of online broker-dealers with rapidly-growing order flow.
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