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Hey everyone. This is Kirk here again at optionalpha.com and welcome back to the daily call. Today, we are going to be doing a quick guide to the AMEX which is the American Stock Exchange and just giving you a little history on what it is and what it's come to be and who owns it now, basically. I think it actually has a very cool history when you start digging into some of these stock exchanges. It's just absolutely fascinating how these things came about naturally or organically back in the late 18th century and through the early 19th century. It's amazing actually. Right now though, the AMEX is the third largest exchange I think still by volume. It was acquired about 10 years ago I think by NYSE. And so, now, NYSE basically owns it, but there's still a lot of things that are traded on the AMEX. It does a lot of small cap and mid cap, a lot of ETFs. A lot of derivatives still get traded on AMEX. When you actually route your orders through any broker platform like Thinkorswim or Tastyworks or Interactive Brok