Thinking Outside the Barrel

The A.B. Freeman Trading Center is a $3 million dollar facility that serves as a hands-on laboratory for the teaching of energy, risk management, equities, and options. The Trading Center replicates a real-world trading experience and functions as a classroom and a laboratory.  In November 2009 Tulane University will host the final round of the Energy Trading Competition 2009.

The Center facilitates experiential learning programs such as the Energy Trading, Burkenroad Reports, and the Darwin Fenner Student-Managed Fund, and features state-of-the-art hardware and software equipped with industry-leading simulation, trading, and financial software from Thomson Reuters, Trading Technologies, Advantage Futures, and Oracle.