coinsimulator

Simulates buying crypto-currencies over time.

Using historical data from CoinMarketCap, it runs a strategy against each week of data, buying coins. At the end of the run, it tells you the value of your holdings.

Requires Node.js.

Default Strategy

Buys the top 50 coins, by market cap, spending a total of $100 each week. To change the number of coins or the amount spend, edit strategies/top50.js or create your own strategy and call it via the -s option below.

Install

git clone git@github.com:johntitus/coinsimulator.git
cd coinsimulator
npm install

Run

node simulate

Options

-b, --begin [date] - Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
-e, --end [date]  - End date(YYYY-MM-DD)
-s, --strategy [name] - Strategy to use // Defaults to top50

Sample output

(runs from June 1, 2016 till present):

node simulate.js -b 2016-06-01
...
Spent: $5,500
Value: $75,846.427
Profit: $70,346.427
Growth: 1279.03%