Intel's Price Collapse Cripples Monthly Profitable Returns
Intel's (INTC) recent price collapse caused many monthly buy and sell percent returns to become unprofitable.
3D Chart of All Buy any Sell Returns
The following 3D chart of monthly buy and sell percent returns from January 2019 to August 2024 uses 68 monthly closes.
For that period there were 2,278 buy and sell percent returns. 698 (30.64%) buy and sell returns made money (green areas) and 1,580 (69.36%) lost money (red areas). The ratio of unprofitable returns to profitable returns was 2.26.
Percent Returns for Each Purchase Date
Each red vertical line represents the percent loss for a purchase date held to the end date of the analysis. Large losses correspond to purchase dates with relatively high purchase prices. Conversely, small negative returns correspond to relatively low purchase prices.
Return Statistics
Number Returns: 67
Number profitable returns less than or equal to 1000% (Green): 0 (0%)
Number profitable returns greater than 1000% (Blue): 0 (0%)
Number unprofitable returns (Red): 67 (100%)
Maximum return: -18.99% occurred on 2023-02-28
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Important Lesson
Steep price downsides increase number of unprofitable returns.
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