Play the Verizon chart challenge
Verizon (VZ), Telecoms. 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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Verizon from December 28, 2007 to October 13, 2008 slides −35.2% through the first year of the crisis. The low is October 9, 2008, session 198. The drop from the high is −41.9%. The worst day, February 19, 2008, is −6.6%. The second half (−22.8%) is worse than the first (−16.0%). It never becomes one panic spike. 92 closes are still up. Beating buy and hold means not holding the whole way down.
What you trade
Buy and hold over these 200 sessions finishes at −35.2%, and the drop from a high inside the window reaches −41.9%. The low is session 198 (October 9, 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 February 19, 2008, at −6.6%.
This page names Verizon 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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Volume — How many shares changed hands