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Margin swings across zero

How do three close paths that cross zero stay distinguishable?

Claim: The three paths cross the zero line and nearly overlap; each is told apart by colour, marker shape and line pattern, and the zero line stays visible.

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Margin swings across zeroThe three paths cross the zero line and nearly overlap; each is told apart by colour, marker shape and line pattern, and the zero line stays visible. Path one fell from 120 thousand synthetic currency units in Jan to 95 thousand synthetic currency units in Dec (−20.8%). The highest value of Path one is 120 thousand synthetic currency units, in Jan. The lowest value of Path one is -90 thousand synthetic currency units, in Apr. The largest single change in Path one is -120 thousand synthetic currency units between Feb and Mar. Path two fell from 118 thousand synthetic currency units in Jan to 93 thousand synthetic currency units in Dec (−21.2%). The highest value of Path two is 118 thousand synthetic currency units, in Jan. The lowest value of Path two is -88 thousand synthetic currency units, in Apr.-100-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec0
The three paths cross the zero line and nearly overlap; each is told apart by colour, marker shape and line pattern, and the zero line stays visible.
 

Version-pinned synthetic data; negative values mean a net negative change in the period.

Data table

Margin swings across zero
MonthPath one (thousand synthetic currency units)Path two (thousand synthetic currency units)Path three (thousand synthetic currency units)
Jan120 thousand synthetic currency units118 thousand synthetic currency units100 thousand synthetic currency units
Feb80 thousand synthetic currency units82 thousand synthetic currency units60 thousand synthetic currency units
Mar-40 thousand synthetic currency units-38 thousand synthetic currency units0 thousand synthetic currency units
Apr-90 thousand synthetic currency units-88 thousand synthetic currency units-60 thousand synthetic currency units
May-30 thousand synthetic currency units-28 thousand synthetic currency units-10 thousand synthetic currency units
Jun20 thousand synthetic currency units22 thousand synthetic currency units40 thousand synthetic currency units
Jul70 thousand synthetic currency units68 thousand synthetic currency units90 thousand synthetic currency units
Aug110 thousand synthetic currency units108 thousand synthetic currency units130 thousand synthetic currency units
Sep60 thousand synthetic currency units62 thousand synthetic currency units80 thousand synthetic currency units
Oct-20 thousand synthetic currency units-18 thousand synthetic currency units0 thousand synthetic currency units
Nov40 thousand synthetic currency units42 thousand synthetic currency units60 thousand synthetic currency units
Dec95 thousand synthetic currency units93 thousand synthetic currency units120 thousand synthetic currency units

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Metric definition
Revenue bridge — Revenue bridge · sum · monthly
Unit
thousand synthetic currency units
Definition version
1.0.0
Time scope
2026-01-01 · 12 × month · UTC
Synthetic source id
synthetic-margin-swings-v2026.10.1
Source fingerprint
9193c4a33171ef11
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