Five anonymised historical charts were dealt to every player. The Monkey Index returned +0.44% across the same tape.
93 desks completed all five charts.
With the US housing market tentatively finding its footing after the financial crisis, home improvement had become an early engine of the consumer recovery. The breakout kept running, adding another 3.9% across the next five sessions.
With early 2024 placing power grid capacity at the very heart of the AI boom, electrical hardware makers were suddenly traded like high-growth tech stocks. Eaton kept the momentum going over the next five days, tacking on another +7.0%.
The global shift towards cashless shopping had payment giants flying high, right until October ran into the 2018 rate scare. Over the next five trading days, macro anxiety knocked 9.9% off the stock.
Global antitrust probes and a bitter royalty fight with Apple had left the mobile chip pioneer completely bogged down. Anyone betting on an immediate recovery got caught out, with the stock dropping 3.0% over the next five days.
Washington's brutal fight over healthcare reform had kept US insurers pinned down all summer, but the moment legislative repeal stalled, confidence rushed back. Buyers snapped up the stock on the turn, delivering a 7.3 per cent jump across the next five sessions.