 The New York Mercantile Exchange. Ability measured by profit and loss. Pure and simple. The constant push for more and the lightning-speed pace at which fortunes or failures are made have no room or interest in the human condition, which is considered weak at best. A young man troubled by this necessary duality must come to terms with it and stand up in the Pit. Shot entirely on location, The Floor is a glimpse inside the world s largest physical commodities exchange told through the eyes of one man.