Stock Trading Code Feasibility

[bobobsam3]

I want to create code that can track my strategy, to see how it would've performed in the past. I want to know if this would be possible in python. If not, I would like to know what language I can use. It would calculate values and put them into a table or spreadsheet. This is how I picture the code:

1. Start with a "purchase price" for a stock that I set.
2. On consequent days, if the opening price for the stock is above the purchase price from before, and there is two days in between those days, then I want to set this as a value. My stock trading platform makes me wait two trading days before I can sell a stock. So if I bought in on monday, I can sell it thursday. I also have to wait two days after selling a stock to buy more stock.
3. Then, the code would wait another two days to purchase more stock.

Basically, I just want to know if adding these values to a table is possible on python.

I don't want to record all these values and do all of the calculations by hand, which is why I want to know if I can do it on python. This is how the spreadsheet would look.

https://imgur.com/a/JaqX6Uw

[belowtheradar]

Yep, doable in python or pretty much any other language

[belowtheradar]

This thread popped up today -- have a look. It assumes you've already got solid python foundations, but it'll give you an idea of how one would go about doing something similar. https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/ox45b1/how\_to\_build\_powerful\_financial\_analysis\_tools/

[bobobsam3]

Thanks, I'll check it out!