Bloomberg virtual trading floor

Bloomberg Professional is an online service through which you can access current and historical financial data for UK and overseas markets. You can find information on individual equities, stock market indices, fixed-income securities, currencies, commodities, futures, options and foreign exchange.

Each of the 12 terminals in the Essex Business School trading floor provides almost identical functionality to a Bloomberg Professional Terminal used by Wall Street. The only difference is that our prices are delayed by 15 minutes meaning you can't profit from (or lose!) your investments. This means you have a great opportunity to put your knowledge of financial theory into practice - and get a head-start in the graduate employment market.

In a Bloomberg session, a user enters short specialised commands. Currently there are more than 30,000 commands, so all users need a bit of help to get started. We run regular training sessions alongside class teaching so you will quickly learn what you're doing.

We also have a team of Bloombergers, students who are very experienced with Bloomberg, who hold regular drop-in workshops for less-experienced students.