📈 TradeX

A stock trading simulation platform with a fake market engine, live price fluctuations, and interactive portfolio management.

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✨ Features

• ⚡ Real-time market engine generating price fluctuations with OHLC data
• 📊 Interactive candlestick charts using lightweight-charts
• 💼 Portfolio management with stock purchase and live holdings tracking
• 🗄️ Prisma ORM with Express backend for users, holdings, transactions, and history
• 🎨 Responsive UI built with Tailwind CSS for smooth trading experience

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🛠 Tech Stack

• Frontend: React.js, Tailwind CSS
• Backend: Node.js, Express.js, Prisma
• Database: PostgreSQL
• Charts: lightweight-charts

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📸 Screenshots

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⚡ Getting Started

1️⃣ Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/Srinu346/TradeX.git
cd TradeX

2️⃣ Install dependencies

npm install

3️⃣ Setup environment variables

Create a .env file in the root directory:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@localhost:5432/tradex
PORT=5000

4️⃣ Run database migrations

npx prisma migrate dev

5️⃣ Start the development server

npm run dev

🧩 Folder Structure

├── client/ # Frontend (React + Tailwind CSS) ├── server/ # Backend (Node.js + Express + Prisma) ├── prisma/ # Prisma schema & migrations ├── package.json ├── README.md

🎯 Roadmap

Add stock selling feature

Implement transaction history UI

Introduce leaderboard & gamification

Support multiple markets/sectors

🤝 Contributing

Contributions, issues, and feature requests are welcome! Feel free to check the issues page.

📜 License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.