• the_strange@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    Someone made a game out of this:
    https://beatthecouch.com/

    You’re trying to beat the couch by supposedly in an informed way selling and buying from the S&P500. The couch just holds its money in the S&P500 and does nothing. Only about 10% of players outperform the couch.

    It’s made with real data from the last ~ 100 years but only shows you the trend of the price, not the years.

    • OctopusNemeses@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      That stat isn’t accurate. I was able beat it by recognizing periods between 08 and present day. No doubt a certain amount of the 10% are cheating this way too.

      It might be more accurate to make a random chart that has a similar statistical profile at a specific time frame, rather than using the plain historical data.