Why can I not see if my answer was right?

Because everyone answers the same chart, and the whole point is that nobody has an advantage. If the game told you the answer on submit, it would leak to anyone who had not played yet — and there would be nothing to gather for at 8 PM. The wait is the game.

Does a wrong answer break my streak?

No. The streak rewards showing up, not being right. Answer every day and it keeps growing, however many you get wrong.

What happens if I miss a day?

You have a small number of streak freezes, and one is spent automatically to bridge a missed day. If you run out, the streak resets. A day on which we publish no challenge never breaks a streak.

Why is there no multiple choice?

A list of four candidates turns "which company is this?" into "match this shape against these four", which is a much easier and less useful question. It is also a leak: the shortlist itself narrows the answer. You pick from the full universe instead.

How is XP calculated?

A correct answer earns a base amount multiplied by the day's difficulty — the hardest, bare-shape charts are worth more than twice an easy one — and multiplied again by your current streak, so showing up every day compounds what each correct answer pays. Wrong answers earn no XP but still advance the streak. The monthly season board ranks a separate, streak-free score, so a newcomer can win a season outright.

New chart every day at 8 PM ET

One chart. One guess. Everyone at once.

The Daily Challenge is one mystery stock chart a day. Everyone in the world gets the same chart, you get one guess at which company it is, and every answer stays sealed until the reveal at 8 PM ET — then the answer, the explanation, and what everyone else guessed all land at once. Answering takes about a minute; the reveal is the part worth coming back for.

How the daily stock chart game works

Read the chart

One anonymized price chart is published each day. It is rebased to 100 and stripped of dates and prices, so the shape is all you get. Harder days give you less: no axes, fewer points.

Lock in one guess

Search the full company universe and pick the company you think it is. There are no multiple-choice options — a shortlist would give the answer away. You get one guess, and you cannot change it.

Come back at 8 PM ET

Nothing is revealed until then — not even whether you were right. At the reveal you get the answer, the tell that identified it, what everyone else guessed, and your XP. Then tomorrow's chart opens.

Keep the streak

Showing up is what builds the streak, not being right — a wrong answer keeps it alive. The longer the streak, the more XP each correct answer is worth.

Why the wait is the game

Because you cannot check your answer, the game trains the skill that a scrolling price screen never does: reading a chart on its own terms. The shape has to carry everything — the growth curve, the drawdown, the flat defensive grind, the notch where a whole sector fell at once. Every reveal names the tell you should have looked at, so a wrong guess teaches you the thing that would have made it right.

Keep going

Past daily challenges

Every previous chart, its answer, and the tell that gave it away.

This season's leaderboard

The streak-free monthly board — a newcomer can still win it outright.

Chart Challenge

Same anonymized chart, a different call: will the next move go up or down?

Frequently asked questions

Why can I not see if my answer was right?: Because everyone answers the same chart, and the whole point is that nobody has an advantage. If the game told you the answer on submit, it would leak to anyone who had not played yet — and there would be nothing to gather for at 8 PM. The wait is the game.
Does a wrong answer break my streak?: No. The streak rewards showing up, not being right. Answer every day and it keeps growing, however many you get wrong.
What happens if I miss a day?: You have a small number of streak freezes, and one is spent automatically to bridge a missed day. If you run out, the streak resets. A day on which we publish no challenge never breaks a streak.
Why is there no multiple choice?: A list of four candidates turns "which company is this?" into "match this shape against these four", which is a much easier and less useful question. It is also a leak: the shortlist itself narrows the answer. You pick from the full universe instead.
How is XP calculated?: A correct answer earns a base amount multiplied by the day's difficulty — the hardest, bare-shape charts are worth more than twice an easy one — and multiplied again by your current streak, so showing up every day compounds what each correct answer pays. Wrong answers earn no XP but still advance the streak. The monthly season board ranks a separate, streak-free score, so a newcomer can win a season outright.