ATX Downtrend Replay (2008-10-14 to 2008-10-27)
Replay the brutal 2008 Austrian ATX crash, where the index plunged 23.9% across 30 daily bars. Step through seven decision points—including three critical ones—and receive an AI coach review of your simulated, educational choices.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2008-09 to 2008-11 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 39 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 40.5% and a 31.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −40.5%
- Max run-up
- +31.9%
- Duration
- 39 days
- Largest single-day move
- +12.8%
- Bars
- 30 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 7
Every figure above is computed programmatically from this replay’s own candle series — no editorial input, no LLM. Methodology: Methodology
The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.
At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.
After settlement you get a six-dimension score and an AI coach review. Your result enters the scenario leaderboard.
Event Replay
What happened — and what it teaches
In the autumn of 2008, the Austrian ATX index faced one of its most severe stress tests as the global financial crisis deepened following the Lehman Brothers collapse. Vienna's flagship equity benchmark carried European market anxieties into a period when stability eroded rapidly. For traders and investors, the question was not whether the market would fall, but how to navigate a descent without losing perspective or capital.
From late September through early November 2008, across exactly 30 daily bars, the index plummeted 23.9%, sliding from 2756.7 to 2097.43. The headline figure understates the brutality—maximum drawdown reached 40.5%, and individual sessions produced moves as large as 12.8%. This created seven decision points, with three emerging as critical junctures where directional conviction mattered most.
This replay sharpens risk calibration by placing participants inside the psychological pressure of accelerating losses. Position sizing, pre-defined rules, and emotional discipline become tangible challenges rather than abstract concepts. The scenario teaches that process preservation under stress distinguishes experienced traders from impulsive ones, offering a historical laboratory to practice decision-making when certainty is scarce and losses mount daily.