📈 Stock Trading Simulator

A full-stack real-time stock trading simulation platform that allows users to trade stocks using virtual money with live market data, portfolio tracking, and advanced analytics.

Built with a production-grade architecture covering API integration, background jobs, real-time updates, and trading logic.

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🚀 Features

🧑‍💻 User System

• User Registration & Authentication
• Virtual starting balance: ₹10,00,000

📊 Trading Engine

• Buy/Sell stocks
• Market Orders
• Limit Orders (planned / optional)
• Order validation & execution logic

💰 Portfolio Management

• Live portfolio valuation
• Profit & Loss (P&L) tracking
• % gain/loss calculation

📜 Transaction System

• Transaction history
• Order book tracking

⭐ Watchlist

• Add/remove stocks
• Track favorite stocks

🏆 Leaderboard

• Top traders based on portfolio value

📉 Charts

• Line charts (Chart.js)
• Candlestick charts (planned)

🔄 Real-Time Price Updates

• Live stock prices using yfinance
• Background updates every 30–60 seconds

🔔 Alerts (Planned)

• Price alerts for watchlist stocks

🌙 UI

• Responsive design
• Dark mode support

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🧠 Tech Stack

Backend

• Django 5.x
• PostgreSQL
• Django ORM (optimized queries)

Real-Time & Background

• Celery (background tasks)
• Redis (broker + caching)
• Django Channels (optional WebSockets)

Data Source

• yfinance (NSE + BSE + US stocks)

Frontend

• Tailwind CSS
• HTMX (for dynamic UI)
• Chart.js (for graphs)

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