Play the Home Depot chart challenge

Home Depot (HD), Home improvement retail. This challenge is 200 sessions, from August 23, 2011 to June 7, 2012, 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

Home Depot from August 23, 2011 to June 7, 2012 rises +54.8% on a housing-recovery tape. The low comes on October 3, 2011, session 29, and that day is also the worst session (−3.9%). After that the drop from the high is −10.8%, and 113 closes are up. The first half (+32.1%) does more than the second (+17.1%). It stair-steps.

+54.8%Buy and hold

−10.8%Deepest drop from a high

113 of 199Closes that rose

−3.9%Worst session · October 3, 2011

+32.1%First 100 sessions

+17.1%Last 100 sessions

What you trade

Buy and hold makes +54.8% and the deepest drop from a high is −10.8%. 113 of 199 closes are higher. The first 100 sessions are +32.1% and the last 100 are +17.1%. On a path this steady, extra trades are the usual way to fall behind the benchmark.

This page names Home Depot 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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Donchian Channel — Breakouts from the recent range