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[sprstpd]

Quote from NOTmm:

Everytime I see this 0 with a line across it, I stop and wonder what the hell it is.

Is it a 0? If it is a 0, why the line across it?

is it a o? If it is an o, why the line across it?

The line is totally stupid. Who thought of it at IB?

Not by a trader, but by a market maker.

It is a standard representation of zero:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slashed_zero

 

[BSAM]

Quote from NOTmm:

Everytime I see this 0 with a line across it, I stop and wonder what the hell it is.

Is it a 0? If it is a 0, why the line across it?

is it a o? If it is an o, why the line across it?

The line is totally stupid. Who thought of it at IB?

Not by a trader, but by a market maker.

You meant this as a joke, right?

 

[zdreg]

Quote from BSAM:

You meant this as a joke, right?

cut the guy some slack. your knowledge is guaranteed to be imperfect.