Play the UnitedHealth chart challenge
UnitedHealth (UNH), Health insurance. This challenge is 200 sessions, from December 28, 2007 to October 13, 2008, 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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UnitedHealth from December 28, 2007 to October 13, 2008 falls −59.9%. The drawdown is −70.2% and the low is on October 10, 2008, session 199. The worst session is September 29, 2008 at −18.6%. Both halves are deeply down, −39.4% then −33.8%. Health insurance did not behave like a shelter while this window was printing. The high of the window is more than three times the low.
What you trade
Buy and hold over these 200 sessions finishes at −59.9%, and the drop from a high inside the window reaches −70.2%. The low is session 199 (October 10, 2008). 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 September 29, 2008, at −18.6%.
This page names UnitedHealth 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
ATR (Average True Range) — How much the price moves per day