Play the Coca-Cola chart challenge
Coca-Cola (KO), Beverages. This challenge is 200 sessions, from April 5, 2016 to January 18, 2017, 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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Coca-Cola from April 5, 2016 to January 18, 2017 finishes −11.3%, a down year for a stock people treat as furniture. The drop from the high is −14.3%, the low is December 1, 2016 (session 169), and the worst session, April 20, 2016, is −4.8%. Both halves are red, −6.1% and −5.4%. 95 closes are up, so the path is a slow leak. Beating buy and hold means losing less, or making a small gain, while the drift points down.
What you trade
Buy and hold ends at −11.3%. The first 100 sessions are −6.1%, the last 100 are −5.4%, and the drop from the high is −14.3%. There is no clean trend to sit on. Cash, for most of these 200 sessions, is a competitive position. The worst day is April 20, 2016, at −4.8%.
This page names Coca-Cola 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
RSI (Relative Strength Index) — Momentum from 0 to 100