Play the Cisco Systems chart challenge

Cisco Systems (CSCO), Networking. This challenge is 200 sessions, from May 22, 2008 to March 9, 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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The shape of this chart

Cisco from May 22, 2008 to March 9, 2009 keeps making lows. The result is −46.8%. The low and the −50.5% drawdown both land on the last session, March 9, 2009. The worst day is October 15, 2008 at −10.6%. Both halves are down, −27.5% then −26.5%. Beating buy and hold here means sitting in cash, or being short, while the chart keeps breaking.

−46.8%Buy and hold

−50.5%Deepest drop from a high

90 of 199Closes that rose

−10.6%Worst session · October 15, 2008

−27.5%First 100 sessions

−26.5%Last 100 sessions

What you trade

Buy and hold over these 200 sessions finishes at −46.8%, and the drop from a high inside the window reaches −50.5%. The low is session 200 (March 9, 2009). Beating that benchmark depends on how much of the decline you sit out or sell short, and on whether you get back in if the chart turns. The worst session is October 15, 2008, at −10.6%.

This page names Cisco Systems 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

ATR (Average True Range) — How much the price moves per day