Visited the "NYMEX 3 days ago, alot of AMEX traders migrated there as such it is a very competitive pit so as an off floor trader, if you can open an account that gives you floor flash fills, you should do ok in terms of putting on spreads that conincide with your outlook on the metal. Open interst on the optons north of 500000 contracts I heard which is huge, pretty liquid.Just get over the fact that you can't see bid/offer in your screen so floor broker is needed.No big deal!