Play the Goldman Sachs chart challenge

The shape of this chart

Goldman Sachs from December 10, 2008 to September 25, 2009 starts inside the crisis. Close to close the result is +150.9%. The low is session 27, on January 20, 2009, and that same day is the worst session at −19.0%. The drop from a high inside the window reaches −33.3%. The first hundred sessions (+94.6%) are the violent part. The next hundred (+28.9%) are the follow-through.

What you trade

Buy and hold finishes at +150.9%, with a −33.3% drop from a high along the way. The first 100 sessions are +94.6% and the last 100 are +28.9%. The benchmark is already a strong result, so beating it means staying with the move and surviving the worst session, January 20, 2009, which moves −19.0%.

This page names Goldman Sachs 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

Bollinger Bands — How stretched the price is