Play the Boeing chart challenge

Boeing (BA), Aerospace. This challenge is 200 sessions, from January 30, 2013 to November 12, 2013, 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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The shape of this chart

Boeing from January 30, 2013 to November 12, 2013 climbs +77.4%. The deepest drop from a high is −6.0%, the low is session 2, and 117 of 199 sessions close up. The halves are close, +31.2% then +35.2%. The 787 had been grounded earlier that January; from January 30, 2013 the price just climbs. The distance between that headline and this path is the reason to play it.

+77.4%Buy and hold

−6.0%Deepest drop from a high

117 of 199Closes that rose

−4.7%Worst session · July 12, 2013

+31.2%First 100 sessions

+35.2%Last 100 sessions

What you trade

Buy and hold makes +77.4% and the deepest drop from a high is −6.0%. 117 of 199 closes are higher. The first 100 sessions are +31.2% and the last 100 are +35.2%. On a path this steady, extra trades are the usual way to fall behind the benchmark.

This page names Boeing 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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A lesson that fits this chart

Moving averages (SMA and EMA) — The trend, smoothed