Read the Chart: where will the price go?
You see a 70-day chart of a real US stock — but the ticker, company name and dates are hidden. The task is simple: will the price be higher or lower 10 days later? After you answer, the stock and what actually happened are revealed.
5 rounds · about 2 minutes · nothing is saved
Demo: 5 charts
Each round shows 70 daily candles. Press “Higher” or “Lower” — then the rest of the chart and the stock name are revealed.
The full game lives in your dashboard
The dashboard has unlimited rounds, a daily challenge, a leaderboard, 1-hour charts and personal stats. Practise chart reading alongside paper trading — with no real money at risk.
Takes a minute via Telegram.
What the game trains
This game is fast, risk-free practice for chart reading — the most basic skill in technical analysis. Reading about “support levels” or “trends” in a book is one thing; spotting them on a real chart at a glance is another. Every round is one decision with instant feedback, so you see dozens of charts in a few minutes.
Charts are drawn at random from the history of the most liquid US stocks (over $20M average daily dollar volume), so these are not synthetic drawings — this is real market behaviour. The demo uses “easy” mode: only cases where the price moved at least ~6% over 10 days, so there is a clear answer.
Why the ticker and date are hidden
If the chart said “NVDA, 2023”, you would be reading your memory, not the chart: “that was the AI boom, so it went up”. That is hindsight bias. Hiding the ticker and date leaves only price and volume — just like today's chart, whose right edge has an unknown future.
For the same reason the price is indexed: first close = 100. A real price ($900 or $3) could give the stock away. Volume is relative (0–100%) too, because absolute volume reveals the company's size. What you see is pure shape: direction, levels and changes in volume.
How to play
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Study the chart: 70 daily candles with relative volume underneath.
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Guess whether the close 10 days later will be above or below the last visible close.
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After you answer, the rest of the chart is revealed candle by candle, together with the stock name, the dates and the actual move.
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After 5 rounds you see your score. Sign up for stats and the daily challenge.
How to read a chart: 5 practical tips
No method is right 100% of the time — markets deal in probabilities. But the questions below help you make better-than-random decisions.
1. Identify the trend first
Are the highs and lows stepping up (an uptrend) or stepping down? “The trend is your friend”: in a strong trend, continuation is usually more likely than a reversal. Also look at the overall slope from the left edge of the chart to the right.
2. Find support and resistance
Horizontal zones where price has stalled and turned several times are support (below) and resistance (above). If price is pressing against resistance, the room to the upside is short; once it breaks through convincingly (a breakout), old resistance often becomes new support.
3. Check the volume
Volume is the fuel of a move. A rally or breakout on high volume is more reliable; a rise on thin volume is weak. A sharp jump in volume during a decline signals active sellers. The bars under the chart show exactly this.
4. Read the last few candles
The most important information sits on the right edge. A long lower wick means buyers pushed the price back up; a long upper wick shows selling pressure. Several large red candles in a row signal momentum, while small-bodied candles signal indecision.
5. Trust context, not a single signal
The best setups are when several clues agree: the trend is up, price bounced off support and volume expanded on the rise. When the clues contradict each other it is a coin flip — and in real trading, staying out is a decision too.
Important: this is a game, not investment advice
A past chart pattern does not guarantee the future. The game trains a skill, but in real trading risk management (stop-loss, position size) matters just as much as reading charts. Try it with paper trading before you risk real money.
Frequently asked questions
- Is the “Read the Chart” game free?
- Yes. The 5-round demo on this page works without signing up. The full game (unlimited rounds, daily challenge, leaderboard, stats) is free as well — you just need an account.
- Are the charts real or generated?
- Real. Every round is a random slice of the historical daily chart of a liquid US stock. After you answer, the stock name and the exact dates are shown.
- Why does the price start at 100?
- The price is indexed: the first visible close = 100. The real price could give the stock away. Percentage moves are unchanged — a rise from 100 to 106 equals a real +6%.
- You could score 50% by clicking at random — so what's the point?
- That is exactly why results should be measured over many rounds. Over 5 rounds luck plays a big part; over 100 rounds real skill shows. That is why the dashboard keeps your accuracy stats and streaks.
- Does this game help with real trading?
- It trains you to recognise the core elements of a chart — trend, levels, volume — quickly, which is the foundation of any technical analysis. Real trading also needs risk management and discipline, which you can practise with paper trading.
- What is the daily challenge?
- Every day all players get the same 5 charts. Scores appear on a daily leaderboard, and playing on consecutive days earns 7- and 30-day streak badges. This feature is for registered users.