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Problem: Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

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30 min
Explore how to apply greedy algorithms to optimize stock trading decisions by selecting the best day to buy and sell. Learn to understand problem constraints and implement an O(n) time and O(1) space solution to maximize profit.

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Given an array, prices, where prices[i] represent the price of a stock on the i-th day, maximize profit by selecting a single day to buy the stock and a different day in the future to sell it.

Return the maximum profit that can be achieved from this transaction. If no profit can be made, return 0.

Constraints:

  • We can’t sell before buying a stock, that is, the array index at which stock is bought will always be less than the index at which the stock is sold.

  • 11 \leq prices.length \leq 10310 ^ 3

  • 00 \leq prices[i] \leq 10510^5

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Problem: Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

Medium
30 min
Explore how to apply greedy algorithms to optimize stock trading decisions by selecting the best day to buy and sell. Learn to understand problem constraints and implement an O(n) time and O(1) space solution to maximize profit.

Statement

Given an array, prices, where prices[i] represent the price of a stock on the i-th day, maximize profit by selecting a single day to buy the stock and a different day in the future to sell it.

Return the maximum profit that can be achieved from this transaction. If no profit can be made, return 0.

Constraints:

  • We can’t sell before buying a stock, that is, the array index at which stock is bought will always be less than the index at which the stock is sold.

  • 11 \leq prices.length \leq 10310 ^ 3

  • 00 \leq prices[i] \leq 10510^5