# Plot with ragged lines

I need to plot the ragged line between two specific points, similar to the following graph:

I have done the following:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}
\addplot[smooth, domain=0:3, dashed] {1};
\addplot[smooth, domain=3:9, dashed] {2};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}


The problem is that the lines are jumping at the point (6,2). Can anyone help please?

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• You could use a single \addplot for this. Try \addplot[smooth, domain=0:9, samples=150] {rand*0.2 + (x<3 ? 1 : (x<6 ? 5-0.5*x : 2))};. – Jake Aug 19 '16 at 12:02
• Thanks @Jake. And how can I remove the vertical line at x=3? – user27808 Aug 19 '16 at 13:04
• Ah, I thought you wanted all segments connected. If you don't want the first and second segment to be connected, use separate \addplot[smooth, domain=0:3, samples=50] {1+rand*0.2}; \addplot[smooth, domain=3:9, samples=100] {rand*0.2 + (x<6 ? 5-0.5*x : 2)}; – Jake Aug 19 '16 at 13:09

Thanks to @Jake, this is the answer:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathreplacing}
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[axis line style = very thick, smooth, no markers,
axis lines= middle,
ylabel=Price,
xlabel=Time,
xmax=10, xmin=-1,
ymax=5, ymin=-1,
ytickmax=0,
xtickmax=0,
]
\addplot[smooth, domain=0:3, samples=20] {1+rand*0.3};
\addplot[smooth, domain=3:9, samples=40] {rand*0.3 + (x<6 ? 5-0.5*x : 2)};
\addplot[smooth, domain=0:3, dashed] {1};
\addplot[smooth, domain=3:9, dashed] {2};
\end{axis}
\node[draw] at (5,5) {Price Adjustment};
\node[draw] at (2.5,0) {Good News};
\draw[thick,->] (2.5, 0.5) -- (2.5, 1.5);
\draw[thick,->] (4.5,4.5) -- (4, 4);
\draw [blue,decorate,decoration={brace,amplitude=5pt},xshift=-4pt,yshift=0pt]
(2.7,4.5) -- (4.4,3.1) node [black,midway] {};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}