The Olga A. Mural Financial Engineering Trading Floor allows students to receive hands-on experience in derivatives trading and risk management in an on-campus electronic classroom. Kent State has the only derivatives-oriented trading floor in an academic institution with direct connections to the futures exchanges.   The trading floor is equipped with the same software used by major investment banking firms. This allows the simulation of live exchange data feeds and real-time market information. The software includes Trading Technologies X_Trader, and Patsystems' AudiTrack's MicroHedge options analytical product. Data feeds from CQG and Reuters provide continuous news and pricing information. At the front of the trading floor is a data board that provides real-time pricing information on derivatives. Students use this information and the information from the two streaming ticker boards to assess market conditions for trading tendencies. Live satellite feeds are shown on plasma displays.   This unique trading floor is an integral part of the MSFE program at Kent State University. Since students use the same data feeds and trading software that are used by major investment banking firms, the trading floor allows them to replicate dynamic trading strategies and derivative security analyses.

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