Just getting into investments - Started with Paper trading/Paper investing
As the title suggests, I have made some paper investments on investopedia simulator a couple months back and haven't seen any progress. Though the value fluctuates up and down, over the long run it has stayed around the same amount. I wanted to know what I was doing wrong, what i was doing right and what must I do to improve.
I'm not committed to looking at charts everyday, though I try to keep myself updated with industry trends and how the market is generally looking like.
I am attaching a table with a summary of my portfolio below - I would really appreciate some constructed criticism.
|**Symbol**|**Company**|**Current Price**|**Today’s Change**|**Purchase Price**|**QTY**|**Total Value**|**Total Gain/Loss**|
|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|:-|
|AAPL|Apple Inc|$262.55|\-$68.46 (-0.62%)|$239.92|42|$11,027.10|$950.30 (9.43%)|
|ACLS|Axcelis Technologies Inc|$84.57|$166.60 (2.37%)|$81.05|85|$7,188.45|$298.93 (4.34%)|
|BLK|BlackRock Inc.|$1,064.01|\-$2.28 (-0.05%)|$1,130.00|4|$4,250.64|\-$269.36 (-5.96%)|
|CAT|Caterpillar Inc.|$744.40|$12.56 (0.21%)|$514.22|8|$5,955.20|$1,841.44 (44.76%)|
|DHR|Danaher Corp.|$206.55|\-$28.63 (-1.94%)|$218.23|7|$1,445.85|\-$81.76 (-5.35%)|
|FSLR|First Solar Inc|$195.10|\-$21.92 (-1.39%)|$228.29|8|$1,555.68|\-$270.64 (-14.82%)|
|GDX|VanEck Gold Miners ETF|$114.21|\-$22.82 (-1.41%)|$73.80|14|$1,598.94|$565.74 (54.76%)|
|GLD|SPDR Gold Shares|$487.97|$21.10 (0.87%)|$377.31|5|$2,439.85|$553.30 (29.33%)|
|GM|General Motors|$76.49|\-$51.06 (-2.82%)|$67.18|23|$1,759.27|$214.25 (13.87%)|
|HD|Home Depot|$372.01|\-$40.48 (-2.66%)|$388.55|4|$1,482.40|\-$71.80 (-4.62%)|
|HDB|HDFC Bank ADR|$31.06|\-$67.68 (-2.26%)|$37.22|94|$2,926.22|\-$577.19 (-16.35%)|
|HON|Honeywell|$245.44|$1.61 (0.76%)|$206.54|9|$2,208.92|$350.10 (18.83%)|
|IAU|iShares Gold Trust|$100.29|$2.50 (0.91%)|$77.28|25|$2,499.25|$567.25 (29.36%)|
|JNJ|Johnson & Johnson|$248.57|$4.18 (0.05%)|$192.79|31|$7,705.52|$1,729.18 (28.93%)|
|JPM|JPMorgan Chase|$297.19|\-$43.51 (-1.04%)|$293.33|14|$4,160.63|$54.01 (1.32%)|
|KO|Coca-Cola|$80.61|\-$14.33 (-1.17%)|$70.02|15|$1,209.08|$158.78 (15.12%)|
|LEN|Lennar Corp|$110.48|\-$197.10 (-3.83%)|$127.55|45|$4,949.10|\-$790.65 (-13.77%)|
|MS|Morgan Stanley|$167.79|$11.52 (0.77%)|$159.43|9|$1,510.11|$75.24 (5.24%)|
|NEE|NextEra Energy|$91.84|\-$115.80 (-2.06%)|$83.43|60|$5,510.40|$504.60 (10.08%)|
|NFTY|India Nifty 50 ETF|$56.20|\-$202.00 (-1.77%)|$57.27|200|$11,240.00|\-$214.00 (-1.87%)|
|NVDA|NVIDIA|$180.66|$18.85 (2.13%)|$155.55|5|$904.80|$127.04 (16.33%)|
|SCHW|Charles Schwab|$95.38|$3.60 (0.19%)|$94.33|20|$1,907.60|$21.10 (1.12%)|
|SLV|iShares Silver Trust|$81.04|\-$98.75 (-4.65%)|$44.08|25|$2,026.00|$924.00 (83.85%)|
|SNPE|Xtrackers S&P 500 ETF|$62.85|\-$5.07 (-0.21%)|$58.69|39|$2,451.15|$162.10 (7.08%)|
|STLA|Stellantis N.V|$7.57|\-$48.36 (-6.43%)|$10.80|93|$704.01|\-$299.93 (-29.87%)|
|TLT|iShares 20+ Yr Treasury ETF|$89.66|\-$18.29 (-1.01%)|$91.40|20|$1,792.10|\-$35.80 (-1.96%)|
|TMO|Thermo Fisher Scientific|$506.88|\-$142.30 (-2.73%)|$563.71|10|$5,068.80|\-$568.30 (-10.08%)|
|TSLA|Tesla|$401.50|\-$14.14 (-0.25%)|$437.31|14|$5,621.00|\-$501.34 (-8.19%)|
|UNH|UnitedHealth|$292.64|\-$3.15 (-0.21%)|$360.08|5|$1,463.20|\-$337.18 (-18.73%)|
|WM|Waste Management|$241.78|$4.70 (0.39%)|$216.93|5|$1,208.90|$124.25 (11.46%)|