The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE ... founded as a space exclusively for securities trading under the Buttonwood agreement in 1792. Prior to that, traders had to sell securities alongside ...

This painting of the Buttonwood Agreement signing is in the member's restaurant on the 7th floor. It was painted in 1949.

The first guest invited to ring the bell to open trading at the New York Stock Exchange ... roots to the “Buttonwood Agreement” signed in 1792, which set rules for stock trading and commissions.