Play the Procter & Gamble chart challenge

The shape of this chart

Procter & Gamble from May 22, 2008 to March 9, 2009 is the crisis arriving in a staples stock. The result is −32.7%. The first half is almost flat (−2.3%); the second half is −31.1%. The low and the −39.6% drop land on the last session. The worst day is October 9, 2008 at −7.9%. It fell less than the banks. It did not hold its price.

What you trade

Buy and hold over these 200 sessions finishes at −32.7%, and the drop from a high inside the window reaches −39.6%. The low is session 200 (March 9, 2009). Beating that benchmark depends on how much of the decline you sit out or sell short, and on whether you get back in if the chart turns. The worst session is October 9, 2008, at −7.9%.

This page names Procter & Gamble 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

Bollinger Bands — How stretched the price is