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Play the Intel chart challenge

Intel (INTC), Semiconductors. This challenge is 200 sessions, from March 13, 2014 to December 24, 2014, 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

Intel from March 13, 2014 to December 24, 2014 gains +52.4%. The low is session 2. A −12.7% drop bottoms on October 16, 2014, and the worst day is October 10, 2014 at −5.1%. The first half (+33.6%) carries more than the second (+14.1%). There is a real dip in the autumn. The window still finishes well above the open.

+52.4%Buy and hold
−12.7%Deepest drop from a high
109 of 199Closes that rose
−5.1%Worst session · October 10, 2014
+33.6%First 100 sessions
+14.1%Last 100 sessions

What you trade

Buy and hold makes +52.4% and the deepest drop from a high is −12.7%. 109 of 199 closes are higher. The first 100 sessions are +33.6% and the last 100 are +14.1%. On a path this steady, extra trades are the usual way to fall behind the benchmark.

This page names Intel 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

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