🎓 Arizona State University Capstone Project

Learn Stock Trading
Without Risk

Practice trading strategies with virtual money. Build confidence before investing real capital. Perfect for students and beginners.

Everything You Need to Learn Trading

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Track your holdings, monitor performance, and see your gains/losses update in real-time.

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Buy and sell stocks with virtual money. Learn from mistakes without losing real capital.

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Professional-grade order flow with confirmation modals and cancellation options.

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JWT authentication, secure sessions, and complete transaction history tracking.

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Review all your trades with detailed order history and performance analytics.

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Realistic trading experience with configurable market open/close times.

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Live Portfolio Dashboard

Track your investments, view real-time updates, and manage your holdings all in one place.

Production-ready stack deployed to AWS & Render

Python 3.12 Django 5.1 PostgreSQL Django REST Framework JWT Auth JavaScript AWS Elastic Beanstalk Render Gunicorn WhiteNoise

InvestR started as an Arizona State University capstone project and evolved into a full-featured stock trading simulator.

Developed by a team of 3 students using Agile methodology, this project demonstrates real-world software development practices including:

🏆 Grade: A • Team of 3 Developers • 90+ Commits

Originally deployed to AWS Elastic Beanstalk with RDS MySQL, then migrated to Render with PostgreSQL for cost optimization.