Phillips lab exterior view

Phillips 66 Trading Room

Hands-on experience is, without a doubt, one of the best ways to prepare students for their future careers. The Phillips 66 Trading Room gives Mays students such an opportunity.

Experiential Education

The Phillips 66 Trading Room provides our business students with a unique learning opportunity – to experience the financial world first hand in an interactive environment. Students may also complete the necessary requirements to earn Bloomberg Certification. For more information, stop by the center and visit with a Phillips 66 Trading Room student worker when classes are not in session.

Students discussing in Phillips lab

The Phillips 66 Trading Room

About

The Phillips 66 Trading Room was established in 2000 and fully renovated and expanded in 2026. As part of the Department of Finance, the Trading Room gives Mays business students access to analytical tools and volumes of real-time and historical financial data. Students also make use of the Phillips 66 Trading Room to manage the Tanner Fund, a student-run portfolio established by Jamey S. and Richard C. Tanner ’53, Technical Analysis, Trade Floor Dynamics, the first course that Trading, Risk and Investments (TRIP) students would be required to take. Other business classes may request use of the Trading Room through B.R. Adams

Facilities

The Phillips 66 Trading Room is located on the first floor of the Kay ’02 and Jerry Cox ’72 Hall, Wehner Building room 192. The facility seats more than 50 students at computer workstations. It is outfitted with 12 Bloomberg terminals, three independent LED projectors, projectable whiteboards, as well as a small workroom enclosed in the interior of the room. The center also features various other special programs and campus wide activities, including the BP trading competition and more.