StockYard

Note: this code is now just a demo for our ideas of market simulator.

Introduction

It is a discrete event simulation using the concept of Time Warps to simulate a Stock Exchange.

How to Download & Install

Note: To install and run the command you need to have git installed in your computer. And have permission to the qsrgsim repository

Download & Setup

To download the repository type in the following command

git clone https://github.gatech.edu/tb34/qsrgsim/

How to Run

The program executes by running the Bootstrap file

 python bootstap.py

Sample Output

The following is a sample output shown in the terminal

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 Id: 1
 Name: NASDAQ
 Type: exchange
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 Id: 1
 Name: Agent 1
 Exchange: NASDAQ
 Type: trader
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 Id: 2
 Name: Agent 2
 Exchange: NASDAQ
 Type: trader
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 Kernel Runner started
 time stamp: 0, awakening all messages
 Agent Agent 1 Started, Time Stamp: 0
 Agent Agent 2 Started, Time Stamp: 0
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 Agent: Agent 1
 Time Stamp: 3
 Ping Excahnge and wake up again in 6 minutes
 Exchange Recieved Ping Message from agent|  Time Stamp: 3
 Agent Recieved Ping Message from exchange Time Stamp: 3
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 Agent: Agent 2
 Time Stamp: 5
 Ping Excahnge and wake up again in 10 minutes
 Exchange Recieved Ping Message from agent|  Time Stamp: 5
 Agent Recieved Ping Message from exchange Time Stamp: 5
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 Agent: Agent 1
 Time Stamp: 6
 Ping Excahnge and wake up again in 9 minutes
 Exchange Recieved Ping Message from agent|  Time Stamp: 6
 Agent Recieved Ping Message from exchange Time Stamp: 6
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 .......
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 Agent: Agent 1
 Time Stamp: 21
 Ping Excahnge and wake up again in 24 minutes
 Exchange Recieved Ping Message from agent|  Time Stamp: 21
 Agent Recieved Ping Message from exchange Time Stamp: 21
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 Agent: Agent 1
 Time Stamp: 24
 Ping Excahnge and wake up again in 27 minutes
 Exchange Recieved Ping Message from agent|  Time Stamp: 24
 Agent Recieved Ping Message from exchange Time Stamp: 24

How to Configure

The configuration of the Agents and its properties are currently in a Q&A format as shown above.
We would be moving it to a properties file(csv/text format) from which the various key-value parameters can be read

Configuration Example

 Entern Exchange Name: NASDAQ
 Enter Duration of run: 24
 Enter Number of Trading Agents: 2
 Enter Agent ID: 1
 Enter Agent Name: Agent 1
 Interval time for ping: 3
 Enter Agent ID: 2
 Enter Agent Name: Agent 2
 Interval time for ping: 5

Description of API

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Description of Software Component

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