Here’s Jeff Simmons (right) with CBOT Chairman Charlie Carey as they oversee the ringing of the bell to kick off trading this morning.

I guess the bell is an automated thing so it’s kind of a ceremonial deal to stand on the platform looking over the whole trading floor.

I’m on a Denver stopover with a flight delay so I at least got my photos from today’s event uploaded to Flickr for you to peruse. You can either use the Zimmages at the top right of this page or go to the CBOT Greening of Racing Photo Album.