A retro stock-trading game utilizing live data.
Made mostly for fun, there's a very slow, CGI-based demo version available here.
- libcurl
- libcurses or equivalent (optional, see below)
Just run:
make ; sudo make install
This will install the market-sim binary in /usr/local/bin/.
Uncomment the #define WITHOUT_CURSES line in src/globals.h, then build as described above.
When you first run market-sim, an empty portfolio is created and you are given $1000 USD.
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You probably want to buy some shares now; type
buy.Enter the ticker symbol of the stock you wish to purchase: -
Input a ticker symbol.
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Enter the number of shares you wish to buy.
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Confirm the transaction. This will return you to the main prompt.
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From here, you probably want to save your porfolio to disk; type
write. -
Enter the name of the file to save to. Careful, there's nothing to keep you from clobbering a file here!
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Come back later and trade some more!
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Profit!
Made with boredom and a cheaply bought keyboard.
Contributions are always welcome, see the TODO list for some things to do.
Market-Sim was written by Franklin Wei and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.