Collapse · Bovespa Index (2008)
Replay 144 daily bars as Brazil's Bovespa Index plunged 42.4% from 68,438 to 39,403 during the 2008 collapse. You step through each session, face 25 decision points (nine critical), and receive an AI coach review of your choices in this simulated training replay.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2008-06 to 2009-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 209 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 57.0% and a 43.7% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −57.0%
- Max run-up
- +43.7%
- Duration
- 209 days
- Largest single-day move
- +14.7%
- Bars
- 144 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 25
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 summer of 2008, Brazil's Bovespa Index stood as Latin America's largest equity market, representing decades of growth in one of the world's most dynamic emerging economies. The scenario recreates the 144 trading days from June 17, 2008, through January 12, 2009, a period when the global financial system faced its worst crisis since the 2000s. Participants enter a market about to encounter historic turbulence, with fundamental assumptions about global growth and credit stability suddenly in question.
The index collapsed from 68,438 to 39,403, a decline of -42.4%. This was not a gradual erosion but a violent descent marked by extreme volatility. The maximum drawdown reached 57.0%, and the largest single trading day move hit 14.7%. These figures capture the brutal character of the collapse, a period when even the most diversified portfolios struggled to find shelter.
The scenario presents 25 decision points, nine of them critical, forcing participants to act under sustained pressure. This replay trains the ability to manage risk when markets disconnect from fundamentals, to recognize when momentum overwhelms valuation, and to maintain discipline when fear dominates price discovery. The lessons learned here—about position sizing, emotional control, and the limits of conviction—apply far beyond this specific market and era. History does not repeat, but the psychological patterns it reveals prepare traders for whatever comes next.
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