A desktop application for simulating stock trading with real-time (delayed) data from Yahoo Finance. Built with PySide6 and Qt Charts for a professional UI.
- Watchlist management (up to 10 stocks)
- Portfolio simulation (buy/sell stocks)
- Real-time price updates with caching
- Interactive charts with multiple timeframes (1D, 1W, 1M, 6M, 1Y)
- SQLite database for persistence
- Adjustable UI panels with scroll bars
- Clone or download the repository.
- Install dependencies:
pip install PySide6 yfinance - Run the application:
python stocksim.py
- Enter a stock symbol (e.g., TSLA) and click "Add / Search" to add to watchlist.
- Use the buttons to buy/sell stocks from the watchlist.
- Select timeframes to view charts.
- Prices update every 60 seconds (cached for 5 minutes to reduce API calls).
- Python 3.8+
- PySide6
- yfinance
- SQLite (built-in)
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