Trading simulation Project

This is a trading simulation application that allows users to simulate simple trading logics using data from public APIs. Whether you're testing your investment strategies or learning about market behavior, this tool provides a robust, interactive platform to explore the world of trading.

Finance Simulation Web

Features

• Real-time Data Integration: Pulls live market data from Alpha Vantage API to ensure your simulations are based on current market conditions.
• Customizable Trading Strategies: Allows users to implement and test various trading strategies with simple configuration.
• User-Friendly Dashboard: An intuitive web interface to monitor portfolio performance, view historical analysis, and analyze trading outcomes.
• Simulated Transactions: Execute virtual buy/sell orders to experience the dynamics of market trading without financial risk.
• Secure Authentication: User login and session management to safeguard your trading data and preferences.

Tech Stack

• Backend: Python 🐍 (Flask Framework)
• Frontend: EJS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• Database: SQLite
• Build tools: Python Doit, Docker
• Deployment: Render

Running locally

• Make sure your computer have Python, SQLite and Docker Desktop
• Docker Desktop installation: Docker Desktop

git clone https://github.com/nhocmt227/Finance-website.git
cd Finance-website
docker build -t stock-simulation-web .
docker run -p 9000:9000 stock-simulation-web

• You will see this on the terminal, click into this link to go to the web page:

Running on http://127.0.0.1:9000

APIs

For development stage, we only use free tier API, so the API rates may be limited.

• Alpha Vantage: 25 calls/day
• Twelve Data: 800 credits/day
• Finnhub: 60 API calls/minute

For developer:

The usage commands can be seen on the dodo.py file.

• doit start: Start the application.
• doit install: Install the dependencies and run the app initialization.
• doit test: Run the unit tests locally.
• doit cleanup: Clean up the temporary files.
• doit format: Format the codebase.
• doit lint: Lint the codebase

Things to note

• The API_KEY inside the repo is public, limited and for testing only.
• If you want to use your own API_KEY, open the .env file and replace the value of API_KEY with your personal API_KEY.

Happy trading!