Financial Algebra - Bar Charts & Candlestick Charts

A stock bar chart contains:

• volume, open, close, high, & low

• high & low

• open & close

• volume, percent change, high, & low

A candlestick chart contains:

• volume, percent change, low, high

• open, close, volume

• high, low

• open, close, high, low

The formula for percent change is:

• The difference between 52-week high and 52-week low

• The sum of volumes over ten days

• The change in value divided by the initial value, then multiply it all by 100

• The difference between open and closed, times two

How is the day's price change calculated?

• Sum of closing price and opening price

• Product of closing price and opening price

• Quotient of closing price and opening price

• Difference between opening price and closing price

After selecting a cell in a spreadsheet, what key do you type to enter a formula?

• +

• /

• =

• return key

If the close on September 9 was $100, and the close on September 10 was $129, what was the percent change?

(a)  

If the close on October 8 was 75.36, and the close on October 9 was 83.01, what was the net change?

(a)  

If the close on August 2 was 59.67 and the close on August 3 was 58.51, what was the net change?

(a)  

If the close on September 21 was more than the close on September 22, was the net change:

• positive

• zero

• large

• negative

If the close and the high were the same amount, which of the following answers could be true about the net change?

(multiple answers are possible)

• negative

• small

• positive

• zero