The William M. Templeton Trading Center at Freeman is a $3 million experiential learning facility that provides students with hands-on exposure to energy markets, analytics, modeling, portfolio management, trading, risk management, derivatives, and financial markets. Designed to mirror a professional trading environment, the Center delivers a real-world trading experience through access to industry-leading technologies, including simulation, trading, and financial data platforms from Trading Technologies, LSEG Refinitiv Workspace, ZEMA Global Data (formerly Morningstar Commodity), MATLAB, and the Palisade Risk and DecisionTools Suite.

  • 50 Dell Precision workstations equipped with Intel Xeon processors and 16GB of RAM connected to dual 19" flat-screen monitors.
  • Real-time data feeds
  • Live ticker scroll panel provides continuous market updates.

Exceptional Courses

Unique, highly experiential courses offered in the William M. Templeton Trading Center include:

  • Energy Risk Management
  • Energy Fundamentals and Trading
  • Advanced Energy Trading and Finance
  • Energy Trading: Wholesale Electric Markets

Corporate Partners and Sponsors

  • Entergy Corporation
  • Phillips 66
  • Quanta Services
  • Southern Gas Company
  • Upstream Exploration
  • Thomson Reuters
  • ZEMA Global Data
  • Trading Technologies
  • MathWorks
  • 1 Derrick