During this four-week stock market simulation, two separate accounts were set up, each initially funded with $100,000, to test the effectiveness of two investment strategies: buy and hold, and momentum trading. Prior to the simulation, a careful analysis of ten selected companies was conducted. The results of this experiment were quite revealing. The buy and hold strategy outperformed the momentum trading strategy, yielding a respectable profit of 3.69%, while the momentum trading strategy only managed a more modest gain of 0.74%. This project provides valuable insights into the world of stock market investing, demonstrating that a patient approach of holding onto stocks for the long term can be more profitable compared to quick trading, at least for the selected companies in this study.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Umbetzhan, Dinmukhamed

Subject

• Project-Based Learning
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-082423-090636
• 113096

Advisor

• Tang, Dalin

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2023-08-24

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-082423-090636

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-09-15