The goal of this Interactive Qualifying Project is to gain experiences in the stock market investment by researching stocks, building a portfolio, trading stocks, and making profits. This five-week simulation used the real-world market to practice investing, buying, selling, and analyzing trends. Two trading strategies were tested: swing trading and position trading. Two simulations started with $100,000 cash and the same portfolio made up of five companies. The returns of investment from the swing trading and the position trading strategies were 9.4% and 14.8%. The results from the simulations showed that the position trading yielded more profit. The strategies returned different results due to the differences in strategies, analyzing trends, and technical analysis. This project provided real-world experience for the stock market, investing, and analyzing trends.

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Creator

• Hajjar, Reagan

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Learning
• Industry

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-081122-133342
• 71866

Keyword

• Stock Market

Advisor

• Tang, Dalin

Year

• 2022

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth

Date created

• 2022-08-11

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-081122-133342

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2022-12-21