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2010 Tulane Energy Trading Competition
When: October 22, 2010 - October 23, 2010 Where: Tulane University, A.B. Freeman School of Business, New Orleans, LA Attire: Business Casual
Format
- This portion of the competition will be individual trading, NOT team trading
- Each student will make a presentation before and after trading to the judges
- There will be two trading sessions. The morning session will be Natural Gas trading and the afternoon session will be Crude Oil trading.
- Winners will be determined by the Judges based on a combination of trading, risk management, strategy, and presentation skills.
- Cases for the final competition will be sent to each finalist via email.
Participating Universities
- Babson College
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Michigan State University
- Northwestern University
- Rutgers University
- Texas A&M University
- Tulane University
- University of Texas at Austin
- University of Toronto
- Washington University in St. Louis
Prizes
All contestants are eligible for internship and job opportunities!
| 1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
4th Place |
5th Place |
| $1,500 - Entergy |
$1,000 - Entergy |
$500 - Entergy |
Reuters Eikon (1yr) |
Reuters Eikon (1yr) |
| Reuters Eikon (1yr) |
Reuters Eikon (1yr) |
Reuters Eikon (1yr) |
LIM (1yr) |
LIM (1yr) |
| LIM (1yr) |
LIM (1yr) |
LIM (1yr) |
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| Imagine Software (1yr) |
Imagine Software (1yr) |
Imagine Software (1yr) |
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Details: Cash Prizes - Sponsored by Entergy Entergy Corporation is an integrated energy company engaged primarily in electric power production and retail distribution operations. Entergy owns and operates power plants with approximately 30,000 megawatts of electric generating capacity, and it is the second-largest nuclear generator in the United States.
Reuters Eikon - Sponsored by Thomson Reuters The ultimate set of financial tools for every financial professional. (Approximate value: $14,400/yr)
LIM MIMIC and XMIM Software - Sponsored by LIM, a MorningStar Company LIM, a Morningstar Company, provides superior quality market data and analytical products for energy data management systems, financial and agricultural data management, historical analysis, trading, risk management and forecasting. (Approximate value: $24,000/yr) Imagine Trading System - Imagine Software Since 1993, Imagine Software has been a leading provider of investment management solutions for the global financial industry. Its award-winning flagship product, the Imagine Trading System, provides thousands of users worldwide with advanced real-time portfolio and risk management solutions. (Approximate value: $60,000/yr)
(The approximate value of the first place prizes is $99,900)
Internships/Jobs: The process of providing internships and jobs is a private discussion between the candidates and the participating firms. The intention of the competition is to promote networking, internship and job opportunities.
Judges
- Accenture
- Cargill
- Chevron Products
- Citigroup
- ConocoPhillips
- Deutsche Bank
- Energy Management Institute
- Goldman Sachs (Ret.)
- JP Morgan
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- Lincoln Capital
- Luminant
- Marathon
- Sempra Energy
- Sequent Energy
- Shell Trading
- Trade Forecaster
- Vitol Americas
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Click here for accommodation suggestions. Please remember that these are only suggestions and you may stay wherever you so choose. Competition administrators and sponsors will not provide any funding or reimbursements of expenses incurred during finals.
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| Friday October 22 |
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| 6:00pm |
Registration and Reception |
| 7:00pm-7:30pm |
Welcome and Opening Remarks |
| 7:30pm-8:00pm |
Trading Competition Format, Rules, Requirements |
| 8:00pm-9:00pm |
Contestants: Trading Room Training and Practice |
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Judges/Sponsors: Orientation and Preperation |
| 9:00pm-10:00pm |
Cocktail Reception |
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| Saturday October 23 |
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| 8:00am-8:30am |
Breakfast |
| 8:30am-9:30am |
Individual Trading Strategy Presentations (Private Sessions with Judges) |
| 10:00am-11:30am |
Natural Gas Trading Session |
| 11:30am-12:45pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00pm-2:30pm |
Crude Oil Trading Session |
| 2:30pm-3:00pm |
Break and Refreshments (Results Compiled) |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm |
Follow Up Presentations (Private Sessions with Judges) |
| 4:15pm-5:00pm |
Award Ceremony |
| 5:00pm |
Cocktail Reception and Dinner |
For a PDF version of the agenda, please click on this calendar page
For additional information please contact trading@tulane.edu or (504) 865-5427.
Last Updated 10/18/10
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