Question

Prompt the user for the starting balance and store it in a variable called balance.

Prompt the user for the number of trades to perform and store it in num_trades.

Using num_trades, set up a for-loop and for each trade do:

if this is the first iteration of the loop:

Prompt the user for the number of shares to buy and store it in num_shares.

else:

Prompt the user for the type of trade that he/she wants to perform and store it in action.

Prompt the user for the number of shares to buy/sell and store it in num_shares.

if the action is “buy”:

Prompt the user for the price-per-share and store it in price_per_share.

Calculate the transaction amount and store it in transaction_amount

Print the number of shares, price-per-share, and the total cost of the trade.

Update the balance (subtract the transaction_amount from the the balance)

Update cumulative shares owned

Update cumulative shares bought

Otherwise:

Prompt the user for the price-per-share and store it in price_per_share.

Calculate the transaction amount and store it in transaction_amount

Print the number of shares, price-per-share, and the total cost of the trade.

Update the balance

Update cumulative shares owned

Update cumulative shares sold

Print appropriate statistics