Play the Caterpillar chart challenge
Caterpillar (CAT), Heavy machinery. 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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Caterpillar from March 10, 2009 to December 21, 2009 rebounds +117.3%. The low is session 2, the worst day is early (March 30, 2009, −9.3%), and a later drawdown still reaches −24.3% on July 7, 2009. The first half (+66.2%) does more of the work than the second (+30.7%). Equipment orders were the story that year. On the chart you only have the price.
What you trade
Buy and hold finishes at +117.3%, with a −24.3% drop from a high along the way. The first 100 sessions are +66.2% and the last 100 are +30.7%. The benchmark is already a strong result, so beating it means staying with the move and surviving the worst session, March 30, 2009, which moves −9.3%.
This page names Caterpillar 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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