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.
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