Play the Alphabet chart challenge
Alphabet (Google) (GOOGL), Internet. This challenge is 200 sessions, from November 2, 2012 to August 20, 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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Alphabet, still trading as Google, from November 2, 2012 to August 20, 2013 drifts +25.8%. The drop from the high is −8.7%. The low is on November 16, 2012, session 11, and the worst session (January 14, 2013) is −2.3%. The first half (+16.5%) outruns the second (+8.0%). 99 closes are higher. Beating buy and hold on a chart this smooth means doing something the benchmark does without any effort.
What you trade
Buy and hold makes +25.8% and the deepest drop from a high is −8.7%. 99 of 199 closes are higher. The first 100 sessions are +16.5% and the last 100 are +8.0%. On a path this steady, extra trades are the usual way to fall behind the benchmark.
This page names Alphabet 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