Stock Market Simulator A historical stock trading simulator that answers the question, what would a small stock portfolio look like if you bought into the market just after the 2008 financial crisis?
Motivation This is a small team project for software developers in training to use a combination of newly acquired skills to build an application that utilizes a 3-Tier architecture. Ultimately this project will be built using Java, SQL and React and/or Angular.
Features Give set amount of money i.e $2,500 and create a basic account Use historical data to allow user to purchase stocks in 2008 Sort stocks by specific details i.e. price, popularity, sector etc. Build portfolio which saves to an account Display portfolio and display data depending on sort order Display portfolio performance over set intervals of time i.e. weeks, months, years Sell stocks on specific days based off historical data Display relevant details about portfolio performance
API Reference We will be referencing the Alpha Vantage AP via rapidAPI: https://www.alphavantage.co/ https://rapidapi.com/alphavantage/api/alpha-vantage
Timeline 1st Phase (1 Week) Complete UML Basic business logic & understand how to work with APIs Unit testing 2nd Phase (½ Week) Create simple terminal interface to business logic Implement SQL database to store user accounts 3rd Phase Add GUI