The latest articles on DEV Community by Kush Garg (@kushg02). https://dev.to/kushg02 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F390059%2F7943cd17-19f1-4d8c-a399-c4c5efa332a5.png https://dev.to/kushg02 en Kush Garg Wed, 20 May 2020 06:11:48 +0000 https://dev.to/kushg02/stocksmart-project-3n5k https://dev.to/kushg02/stocksmart-project-3n5k <h2> My Final Project </h2> <p><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SW7qLhsrlqrKydQA9c4CCd5E_FPXW1mm/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SW7qLhsrlqrKydQA9c4CCd5E_FPXW1mm/view?usp=sharing</a></p> <h2> Link to Code </h2> <p><a href="https://github.com/Kushg02/StockSmart">https://github.com/Kushg02/StockSmart</a></p> <h2> My Code's Story: How I built it </h2> <p>Crashes, jumps, beta values, earning reports, index price fluctuations: a slew of data scattered across a spreadsheet. This hurricane of numbers slapped me across the face. For my AP CS final project, I was inspired to create an app, StockSmart, that helps people make smart investments. Its creation was akin to solving a complex puzzle that computing alone could not help me decipher. </p> <p>At first, I researched basic ways to predict stock market prices. After a week of trying different types of statistical models, I wasn’t able to predict any stock price with significant accuracy. More research would indicate these statistical models were useful for predicting the growth of a sapling, but useless for stocks since economics isn’t a field like physics or calculus where a derivation of an equation easily results in the correct answer. After spending my evenings and free time on Investopedia, I found that risk (unlike stock prices) could be definitively quantified. I then decided to build my own formula for calculating risk. After a week of tweaking, I created a program that successfully organized data and calculated risk. Connecting the two distinct fields of computer science and economics has led to some of my greatest intellectual growth. </p> <div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>Computer science isn’t simply coding; it is utilizing the power of computing to understand other sciences ranging from economics to biology. I will define a successful college experience as one which allows me to understand the technical knowledge of computing while learning and solving the problems at the boundary between disciplines. </code></pre></div> octograd2020