How to remember Variables?

Hello! I am trying to make a stock simulator, but I want to make the portfolio remember its money, or value, it has. Thank you in advance for whoever helps me!

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//version v.1
#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int main()
{
    int stock;
    float price;
    int portfolio=10000;
    char stockyn;
    char menu;
    int choice;

    cout << "Welcome to Stocking Stocks Simulator! This is your current portfolio: " << portfolio << " Current StockB$" << endl;
    cout << "Stock market crash! Inducers are rich!" << endl;
    cout << "Current stocks, Microsoft: each stock, 120 each.";
    cout << " Want to buy? Y or N?" << endl;
    cin >> stockyn;

    if (stockyn == 'Y')
    {
        cout << "Bought one trade! Current portfolio: " << portfolio - 120 << endl;

    }
    else if (stockyn == 'N')
    {
        cout << "Didn't buy trade, Current portfolio: "<< portfolio << endl;
    }
    cout << "Current Stocks, YAHOO, 100 each, ";
    cout << "Wanna buy? Y or N?" << endl;
    cin >> stockyn;

    if (stockyn == 'Y')
    {
        cout << "Bought a trade! Current portfolio: " << portfolio - 100 << endl;

    }
    else if (stockyn == 'N')
    {
        cout << "Didn't buy a trade, current portfolio: " << portfolio << endl;
    }
    cout << "What would you like to do next?" << endl;
    bool stockMenu = true;
    while (stockMenu != false){
        cout << "-----------------" << endl;
        cout << "1 - Check your portfolio." << endl;
        cout << "2 - Get a new stock partner." << endl;
        cout << "3 - Help." << endl;
        cout << "4 - Exit." << endl;

        cin >> choice;

        switch (choice)
        {
        case 1:
            cout << "Current portfolio: " << portfolio << endl;
            break;
        case 2:
            cout << "AOQL, 50 each, wanna buy?";
            cout << " Y or N?" << endl;
            cin >> stockyn;
            if (stockyn == 'Y'){
                cout << "Bought trade! Current portfolio: " << portfolio - 50 << endl;

            }
            else if (stockyn == 'N')
            {
                cout << "Didn't buy trade, current portfolio: " << portfolio << endl;
                cout << "Do you want to have another trade partner?" << endl;
                cin >> stockyn;
                if (stockyn = 'Y')
                {
                    cout << "Do you wanna buy AEX? 500 each, Y or N?" << endl;
                    cin >> stockyn;
                    if (stockyn == 'Y')
                    {
                        cout << "Bought! current portfolio: " << portfolio - 500 << endl;

                    }
                    else if (stockyn = 'N')
                    {
                        cout << "Didn't buy, current portfolio: " << portfolio << endl;
                        cout << "Would you like a different trade partner? Y or N." << endl;
                        cin >> stockyn;
                        if (stockyn == 'Y')
                        {
                            cout << "Would you like to buy from TOPAZ? 1000 each. Y or N?" << endl;
                            cin >> stockyn;
                            if (stockyn == 'Y')
                            {
                                cout << "Trade bought! Current portfolio: " << portfolio - 1000 << endl;

                            }
                            else if (stockyn == 'N')
                            {
                                cout << "Trade cancelled, more trades soon!" << endl;

                            }

                        }


                    }


                }

            }
            break;
        case 3:
            cout << "Just search up some tutorials lol." << endl;
        case 4:
            cout << "Exiting the program.." << endl;
            stockMenu = false;
            break;
            default:
            cout << "Not a vaild choice." << endl;
            cout << "Choose again!";
            cin >> choice;
            break;
        }
    }

return 0;
}
variables retain their value until the program ends.
if you want to remember values when the program is not running, you want a disk file.
a simple text file works a lot like cin / cout.

ifstream ifs("filename.txt");
ifs << variable << endl; //write

or
ofstream ofs("filename.txt");
ofs >> variable; //read

research ifstream and ofstream for some better code examples and you should be able to work them into your code.
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