Play the 3M chart challenge

3M (MMM), Industrial conglomerate. This challenge is 200 sessions, from December 15, 2011 to October 1, 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

3M from December 15, 2011 to October 1, 2012 is the flattest challenge in the set. The result is +18.3% and the drop from the high is −8.3%. The low is session 3 (December 19, 2011). The worst day, March 6, 2012, is −2.4%. The two halves sit close together, +10.5% and +7.1%, with 95 up-closes. There is no trend to ride and no crash to hide from.

+18.3%Buy and hold

−8.3%Deepest drop from a high

95 of 199Closes that rose

−2.4%Worst session · March 6, 2012

+10.5%First 100 sessions

+7.1%Last 100 sessions

What you trade

Buy and hold ends at +18.3%. The first 100 sessions are +10.5%, the last 100 are +7.1%, and the drop from the high is −8.3%. There is no clean trend to sit on. Cash, for most of these 200 sessions, is a competitive position. The worst day is March 6, 2012, at −2.4%.

This page names 3M 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

Stochastic oscillator — Where the close sits in the range