The purpose of this IQP was to evaluate the effectiveness of two different trading methods: the Buy and Hold strategy and the Swing Trading strategy. This was accomplished by running two trading simulations simultaneously on Investopedia Simulator for six weeks, each with an initial $100,000 investment. By the end of the simulation, the Buy and Hold strategy and the Swing Trading strategy realized profits of 8% and 6.9% respectively, while the S&P 500 only grew 5.4%. The effectiveness of both trading strategies was validated as they both managed to outperform the market throughout the experiment.

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Creator

• Pawar, Sanjeet

Subject

• Innovation
• Project-Based Learning
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-080423-023302
• 112593

Keyword

• Stock Market
• Swing trading
• Profit
• Investing
• Buy and hold
• S&P 500

Advisor

• Tang, Dalin

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 1 - No Poverty
• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2023-08-04

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-080423-023302

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 International

Last modified

• 2023-08-22