Egade business school creates a stock trading simulation center in its Financial Laboratory

Wavetec has installed a ticker 32 meters long and a resolution of 7,872×64 pixelated, which is integrated with the Thomson Reuters feed in order to present real-time financial information to students, so they can experience and learn how stock marketing works.

Egade is the graduate business school of the Tecnológico de Monterrey, university recognized in Mexico and Latin America for training professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit, internationally competitive and that generate value.

The use of visual aids and interactive screens in educational institutions is becoming a fundamental aspect in the delivery of education and for the explanation of new concepts.. As part of the Egade business school's commitment to innovate as well as its mission to develop business leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit and internationally competitive, decided to implement a turnkey solution, to create a stock trading simulation center in your Financial Lab for Finance students.

This simulated stock trading environment aimed to impart a robust understanding of the financial industry with a practical approach that will allow students to apply their knowledge about the field of finance to online trading information., in real time, presented on the screen and thus know the mechanisms of stock trading.

For the implementation of this project, technology from Wavetec, who installed a ticker 32 meters in length by 26 cm high, with a resolution of 7,872×64 pixelated. This display is located along the walls of the laboratory and integrated with the Thomson Reuters source.. It presents financial information in real time to students, allowing them to experience and learn how stock marketing operates.

“Wavetec specializes in providing comprehensive Led solutions to financial markets and institutions.”. “This project contributes to the creation of a practical Financial Laboratory, making learning more attractive”, explains Germán Martínez, Wavetec regional manager in Latin America.