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Play the United Technologies chart challenge

United Technologies (UTX), Aerospace and industrial. This challenge is 200 sessions, from April 7, 2009 to January 21, 2010, 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

United Technologies from April 7, 2009 to January 21, 2010 starts about a month after the March 2009 low and still makes +55.3%. The low of this window is session 2, so that famous bottom is already behind you. The drop from a high inside the window is −12.5%. The worst day, May 13, 2009, is −4.2%. The first half (+32.1%) does more than the second (+17.6%).

+55.3%Buy and hold
−12.5%Deepest drop from a high
107 of 199Closes that rose
−4.2%Worst session · May 13, 2009
+32.1%First 100 sessions
+17.6%Last 100 sessions

What you trade

Buy and hold makes +55.3% and the deepest drop from a high is −12.5%. 107 of 199 closes are higher. The first 100 sessions are +32.1% and the last 100 are +17.6%. On a path this steady, extra trades are the usual way to fall behind the benchmark.

This page names United Technologies 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

Donchian Channel — Breakouts from the recent range