Chart Duels › Stocks Stock chart challenges Pick a company and trade one real stretch of its history. Each challenge is 200 sessions, with 60 earlier sessions of context so the indicators have something to calculate. The windows are different dates on purpose: a crash, a rebound, a parabola, a year where the price barely moves. Buy and hold for that window is on the card. Once the chart opens, the dates come off and the price is rescaled to 100.
Or play a random chart Yahoo (AABA) Internet · March 1, 2013 – December 12, 2013 · +79.4% Yahoo from March 1, 2013 to December 12, 2013 opens on its low, session 1, and finishes +79.4%. Apple (AAPL) Technology · March 15, 2007 – December 27, 2007 · +121.6% Apple announced the iPhone in January 2007. Amazon (AMZN) E-commerce · March 15, 2007 – December 27, 2007 · +149.5% Amazon uses the same dates as the Apple challenge, March 15, 2007 to December 27, 2007, and a different path. American Express (AXP) Financial services · March 10, 2009 – December 21, 2009 · +237.1% American Express from March 10, 2009 to December 21, 2009 is the steepest rebound in this set: +237.1%. Boeing (BA) Aerospace · January 30, 2013 – November 12, 2013 · +77.4% Boeing from January 30, 2013 to November 12, 2013 climbs +77.4%. Caterpillar (CAT) Heavy machinery · March 10, 2009 – December 21, 2009 · +117.3% Caterpillar from March 10, 2009 to December 21, 2009 rebounds +117.3%. Cisco Systems (CSCO) Networking · May 22, 2008 – March 9, 2009 · −46.8% Cisco from May 22, 2008 to March 9, 2009 keeps making lows. Chevron (CVX) Oil and gas · May 22, 2008 – March 9, 2009 · −42.8% Chevron over the same crisis dates, May 22, 2008 to March 9, 2009, is the oil chart: −42.8%, a −44.6% drop, and the low on March 5, 2009. Walt Disney (DIS) Entertainment · July 7, 2014 – April 21, 2015 · +24.4% Disney from July 7, 2014 to April 21, 2015 rises +24.4% on a quiet path. General Electric (GE) Industrial conglomerate · May 22, 2008 – March 9, 2009 · −76.1% General Electric from May 22, 2008 to March 9, 2009 is the steepest loss in the set: −76.1%. Alphabet (GOOGL) Internet · November 2, 2012 – August 20, 2013 · +25.8% Alphabet, still trading as Google, from November 2, 2012 to August 20, 2013 drifts +25.8%. Goldman Sachs (GS) Investment banking · December 10, 2008 – September 25, 2009 · +150.9% Goldman Sachs from December 10, 2008 to September 25, 2009 starts inside the crisis. Home Depot (HD) Home improvement retail · August 23, 2011 – June 7, 2012 · +54.8% Home Depot from August 23, 2011 to June 7, 2012 rises +54.8% on a housing-recovery tape. IBM (IBM) Technology · March 10, 2009 – December 21, 2009 · +47.4% IBM from March 10, 2009 to December 21, 2009 gains +47.4%, which is what a defensive name did in a year when other charts doubled. Intel (INTC) Semiconductors · March 13, 2014 – December 24, 2014 · +52.4% Intel from March 13, 2014 to December 24, 2014 gains +52.4%. Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) Healthcare · October 2, 2012 – July 22, 2013 · +33.8% Johnson & Johnson from October 2, 2012 to July 22, 2013 grinds out +33.8%. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) Banking · May 22, 2008 – March 9, 2009 · −63.1% JPMorgan from May 22, 2008 to March 9, 2009 saves the worst of the decline for the end. Coca-Cola (KO) Beverages · April 5, 2016 – January 18, 2017 · −11.3% Coca-Cola from April 5, 2016 to January 18, 2017 finishes −11.3%, a down year for a stock people treat as furniture. McDonald's (MCD) Restaurants · January 19, 2017 – November 1, 2017 · +36.2% McDonald's from January 19, 2017 to November 1, 2017 is a high, steady tape: +36.2%, a drop of −5.1% from the high, and 122 up-closes. 3M (MMM) Industrial conglomerate · December 15, 2011 – October 1, 2012 · +18.3% 3M from December 15, 2011 to October 1, 2012 is the flattest challenge in the set. Merck (MRK) Pharmaceuticals · December 28, 2007 – October 13, 2008 · −49.9% Merck from December 28, 2007 to October 13, 2008 falls −49.9%. Microsoft (MSFT) Software · August 26, 2016 – June 13, 2017 · +21.7% Microsoft from August 26, 2016 to June 13, 2017 gains +21.7% on the cloud grind, years after the 2009 rebound. Nike (NKE) Sportswear · January 30, 2013 – November 12, 2013 · +43.4% Nike from January 30, 2013 to November 12, 2013 gains +43.4%, and the second half is the strong one: +28.2%, after a first half of +11.9%. Pfizer (PFE) Pharmaceuticals · July 15, 2010 – April 28, 2011 · +40.1% Pfizer from July 15, 2010 to April 28, 2011 climbs +40.1% in the year after the Wyeth deal had already closed. Procter & Gamble (PG) Consumer goods · May 22, 2008 – March 9, 2009 · −32.7% Procter & Gamble from May 22, 2008 to March 9, 2009 is the crisis arriving in a staples stock. Travelers (TRV) Insurance · September 16, 2008 – July 1, 2009 · −15.8% Travelers from September 16, 2008 to July 1, 2009 opens the session after the Lehman failure. UnitedHealth (UNH) Health insurance · December 28, 2007 – October 13, 2008 · −59.9% UnitedHealth from December 28, 2007 to October 13, 2008 falls −59.9%. United Technologies (UTX) Aerospace and industrial · April 7, 2009 – January 21, 2010 · +55.3% United Technologies from April 7, 2009 to January 21, 2010 starts about a month after the March 2009 low and still makes +55.3%. Verizon (VZ) Telecoms · December 28, 2007 – October 13, 2008 · −35.2% Verizon from December 28, 2007 to October 13, 2008 slides −35.2% through the first year of the crisis. Walmart (WMT) Retail · March 17, 2017 – December 29, 2017 · +41.3% Walmart from March 17, 2017 to December 29, 2017 is the last 200 sessions in this dataset, and they rise +41.3%. ExxonMobil (XOM) Oil and gas · July 15, 2010 – April 28, 2011 · +47.4% ExxonMobil from July 15, 2010 to April 28, 2011 is the oil rebound. Oracle (ORCL) Software · June 10, 1999 – March 23, 2000 · +566.7% Oracle from June 10, 1999 to March 23, 2000 is the dot-com blow-off, and the widest gain in the set: +566.7%. Nvidia (NVDA) Semiconductors · February 2, 2000 – November 14, 2000 · +258.3% Nvidia from February 2, 2000 to November 14, 2000 holds a boom and a break in one window. How to play Learn ChartGame alternative Daily Stocks