Goldberg Saacs Stock-Simulator

By Isaac Gluck & Coby Goldberg

External Libraries & APIs

• Yahoo Finance API: https://code.google.com/p/yahoo-finance-managed/wiki/CSVAPI
  • further Yahoo Finance API documentation: http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm
• JMathPlot from µ-Labs: https://sites.google.com/site/mulabsltd/products/jmathplot

Running the Project from the .jar

1. Simply double click the .jar file to run the program.
2. Have fun!

Running the Project from the Terminal

For Linux, OSX or Windows

1. Running with -cp or -classpath (On windows use ; instead of : for the -cp)
   1. In a new terminal, go to the directory where you downloaded the project
   2. Compile with:

   javac -cp path/to/project/pd89_Goldberg-Saacs_CobyG-IsaacG/lib/jmathplot.jar:. MainFrame.java
   

   3. Run with:

   java -cp path/to/project/pd89_Goldberg-Saacs_CobyG-IsaacG/lib/jmathplot.jar:. MainFrame
   

Using Linux or OSX

2. For multiple runs in a terminal session you can temporarily set the CLASSPATH variable
   1. In a new terminal, go to the directory where you downloaded the project
   2. Type:

   export CLASSPATH=path/to/project/pd89_Goldberg-Saacs_CobyG-IsaacG/lib/jmathplot.jar:.
   

   3. Compile with:

   javac MainFrame.java
   

   4. Run with:

   java MainFrame
   

3. For long time use you can format the CLASSPATH variable in the bash initializer file
   1. Go to the bash initializer file and open it with a text editor
      • On OSX ~/.bash_profile
      • On Linux ~/.bashrc
   2. Type:

   export CLASSPATH=path/to/project/pd89_Goldberg-Saacs_CobyG-IsaacG/lib/jmathplot.jar:.
   

   3. Compile and Run MainFrame per usual

FOR THOSE LOOKING FOR A MORE "REALISTIC" INVESTING EXPERIENCE:

1. Lower the "market strength" in Market to a value closer to 0.
2. Lower the stock's volatilities.
3. This will create much more realistic price movement and uglier graphs