Trade Bots is an innovative new educational simulation game where the player is given an unknown stock, ETF or cryptocurrency at a random time in the past, and challenged to buy and sell the asset using only technical analysis concepts learned along the way. By appreciating the fundamentals for how to trade based solely on patterns and technical indicators, the player can gradually unlock various upgrades that help to expedite and automate trading. The project essentially gamifies a process known as "backtesting" in economics, where a trading strategy is simulated against historic data. This conceit is presented as an elaborate idle game, wherein the player upgrades the speed of simulation, margin equity, advanced indicators and automation techniques over time to maximize profit.
Over the course of the campaign, the player designs intricate trading bots using a custom-built visual node editor. The engine is highly flexible and accommodates practically any trading strategy imaginable while requiring no programming background. These bots are easily importable and exportable such that they can be shared with our community of investment enthusiasts.
The game is designed by the non-profit responsible for the 2019 hit The Devil's Calculator, named one of PAX's 10 best Indie Games of the Year.