Play the American Express chart challenge
American Express (AXP), Financial services. This challenge is 200 sessions, from March 10, 2009 to December 21, 2009, plus 60 earlier sessions of context. You picked the company on this page. On the chart the name and the dates are hidden, and the price is rescaled so the close before session 1 equals 100.
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American Express from March 10, 2009 to December 21, 2009 is the steepest rebound in this set: +237.1%. The low is session 2. The first hundred sessions do +132.8% and the next hundred still add +44.8%. The drop from a high inside the window is −21.6%, and the worst session, April 20, 2009, is −13.0%. This is the year after the 2008 panic, which is when the card lenders actually came back.
What you trade
Buy and hold finishes at +237.1%, with a −21.6% drop from a high along the way. The first 100 sessions are +132.8% and the last 100 are +44.8%. The benchmark is already a strong result, so beating it means staying with the move and surviving the worst session, April 20, 2009, which moves −13.0%.
This page names American Express because this challenge is that company. The daily puzzle and a random practice game keep the company hidden. Inside this round the chart still hides the name and the dates until you finish.
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