This project is a six-week stock market simulation. The goal of this project is to gain knowledge of the stock market and its trends to be able to successfully make a profit during the simulation. This project used current and accurate numbers from the stock market to make the simulation as realistic as possible. Two trading methods were tested: the buy and hold strategy and the swing trading strategy. Stock simulations were performed with ten selected companies as portfolios and a starting investment of $100,000. Each strategy starts with an identical portfolio. The returns of the simulations ‒ 4.7% (loss) for the Buy and Hold strategy and ‒ 3.9% (loss) for the Swing trading strategy, respectively. The total loss of the S and P 500 index was 3.74% over the course of the six-week simulation. The results from the simulations indicated that the Swing trading strategy using technical analysis was more profitable than the Buy and Hold strategy however neither beat the market. This project provided the participants with trading experience that will benefit them in future investments.

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Creator

• Meinhold, Lauren

Subject

• Industry
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-072022-190211
• 70946

Advisor

• Tang, Dalin

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

Date created

• 2022-07-20

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-072022-190211

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2022-12-20