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Trading simulator with hidden dates to prove investment skill

Trading simulator with hidden dates to prove investment skill

by jtaylortech·Mar 19, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

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Hidden dates prevent hindsight bias — finally a GitHub for finance resumes.

Strengths
  • •Hidden date regime prevents gaming results with historical knowledge
  • •Verifiable track records sharable with recruiters and on LinkedIn
  • •University partnerships already live at Georgetown, ASU, and others
Weaknesses
  • •Limited to finance industry — narrow total addressable market
  • •Needs critical mass of recruiters actually checking these profiles
Category
Finance
Target Audience

Finance students, university finance clubs, job-seeking finance professionals

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Post Description

Finance has no skill signal. Software has GitHub, data science has Kaggle, but finance professionals still rely on resumes and networking.

Juncture Lab places you in real historical market data with the dates hidden. You trade through a full regime, then reveal the period and see how you performed vs the benchmark. Certified results become a verifiable track record.

Targeting university finance clubs and departments as an alternative to Bloomberg Terminal lab time. Clubs can compete against other schools.

Built with Next.js, FastAPI ometn AWS Lambda, PostgreSQL. Feedback welcome.

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