Five anonymised historical charts were dealt to every player. The Monkey Index returned -0.09% across the same tape.
128 desks completed all five charts.
Late summer 2011 saw global markets battered by the US credit downgrade and Eurozone debt fears, sending investors scrambling away from enterprise tech. The macro pressure kept mounting, pulling the stock down a further 6.6% across the next five trading days.
The US-China trade war was tearing through the farm belt, leaving heavy machinery demand locked in complete uncertainty. That quiet hesitation held firm over the next five trading days, with the shares slipping just 0.1 per cent.
European debt fears and the May flash crash had half the market bracing for a double-dip recession in heavy industry. Bargain hunters quietly broke the fall, grinding out a 1.4% gain over the next five trading days.
Even with market volatility sinking to historic lows in the summer of 2017, the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange was proving its market-data empire didn't need wild trading spikes to grow. That quiet momentum carried straight through the hidden window, adding another 1.5% across the next five sessions.
US regional banks spent late 2023 mounting a fierce recovery from the spring sector panic as rate-cut expectations built up. That year-end sprint paused for a modest 1.6% dip over the next five trading days.