Play the General Electric chart challenge
General Electric (GE), Industrial conglomerate. 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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General Electric from May 22, 2008 to March 9, 2009 is the steepest loss in the set: −76.1%. The second half (−64.5%) is far worse than the first (−32.8%). The low and a −78.6% drawdown land on March 5, 2009, session 198. The worst day is November 20, 2008 at −11.1%. GE Capital was the piece the market was repricing. On the chart it is a downtrend that keeps breaking.
What you trade
Buy and hold over these 200 sessions finishes at −76.1%, and the drop from a high inside the window reaches −78.6%. The low is session 198 (March 5, 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 November 20, 2008, at −11.1%.
This page names General Electric 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