Survey the plot by doing the math. One marker at a time.
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RANK ON COMPLETION: EXAMINER FIRST CLASSWEEK 12
DR. R. VEGA: "A market wobbles. A pendulum is built. Time the swings and you can read the hand that pushes."
THE COMPOUND FILES // EPISODE 3 // THE PENDULUM
File three. A trading book that swings high, swings low, and always swings on schedule, with somebody buying every trough and selling every crest.
PREVIOUSLY The Log Wash reversed to its original sums, its residues pooling in an account called the Floor.
THE CASE Broker Otto Renn ran the pendulum: pump the price on a fixed period, dump at the crest, and let the average investor pay for the ride.
Filed by the quartermaster, Pippa George.
Crew name: Class key:
The run will not start without a name. Ten markers, three hint tiers each. Written work handed in class is the gate: no paper, no credit.
Run Voucher
Crew: Class key: Course: Algebra 2 (THE COMPOUND) Run component: The Pendulum Rank on completion: Examiner First Class POINTS AWARDED: on the 5 point scale (whole number, never a percent) Ledger: entry 3 of 8, filed and carried to the Full Accounting Hint tiers used: Quartermaster of record: Pippa George Run date:
PIPPA GEORGE · QUARTERMASTER STAMP
Paper gate: written work handed in class is the gate. No paper, no credit.