Stock Trading Simulator

Contents

• About
• Installation
• Development
• Deployment

About

The goal of this web app is to allow users to learn about investing in a fun and risk-free manner. Users can access stock data and charts and use the app to buy and sell stocks using their $100k budget to simulate in a simplistic way the investing process.

It consists of a dynamic ReactJS frontend using Material UI, React Routing and Hooks. The backend API uses NodesJS and ExpressJS to perform user authentication and user and stock information retrieval. Furthermore, the data is stored in a MongoDB database. \ \ \ \ \ \ This project was selected as an outstanding entry to AlgoExpert's Summer-Fall 2020 project contest: Algoexpert Contest

Demo video: YouTube

Check it out: Website (Might take a few minutes for the website to load if no one has accessed it recently_)

Installation

npm install

And the required packages for the client with:

npm run install-client

Then run the server with:

npm run start

cd client npm run start

Development

Deployment