Play the Microsoft chart challenge

Microsoft (MSFT), Software. This challenge is 200 sessions, from August 26, 2016 to June 13, 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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The shape of this chart

Microsoft from August 26, 2016 to June 13, 2017 gains +21.7% on the cloud grind, years after the 2009 rebound. The drop from the high is −4.7%, the low is September 9, 2016 (session 10), and the worst day, May 17, 2017, is −2.8%. The second half (+12.6%) edges the first (+8.1%). 99 closes are up. The price steps higher with very little give-back, which makes the benchmark awkward to beat.

+21.7%Buy and hold

−4.7%Deepest drop from a high

99 of 199Closes that rose

−2.8%Worst session · May 17, 2017

+8.1%First 100 sessions

+12.6%Last 100 sessions

What you trade

Buy and hold makes +21.7% and the deepest drop from a high is −4.7%. 99 of 199 closes are higher. The first 100 sessions are +8.1% and the last 100 are +12.6%. On a path this steady, extra trades are the usual way to fall behind the benchmark.

This page names Microsoft 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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