Minneapolis Historical Replay: 1992-03 to 1994-08
Replay Minneapolis property markets across 30 monthly bars from March 1992 to August 1994, capturing a 9.7% climb through a city-boom era. You step through each decision point day by day in simulated capital, then receive an AI coach review of your historical choices.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 1992-03 to 1994-08 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 0.4% with a 9.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −0.4%
- Max run-up
- +9.9%
- Largest single-month move
- +1.5%
- Bars
- 30 Monthly bars
- Decision points
- 6
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
The replay opens in the early 1990s, when Minneapolis property markets were navigating the tail end of a recession before entering a sustained city-boom. Across 30 monthly bars spanning March 1992 to August 1994, you confront six decision points—including two critical junctures where conviction and timing separate disciplined participants from reactive ones. The task is to navigate this market day by day in simulated capital, learning to read the rhythm of an emerging urban recovery without the benefit of hindsight.
The market delivered a measured 9.7% climb over the period, with prices moving from 66.6 to 73.08. This was no parabolic surge; the largest single-bar move reached only 1.5%, and the maximum drawdown compressed to a mere 0.4%. The tight volatility profile meant that drawdowns were shallow and momentum signals remained subtle, demanding precise entry and exit decisions rather than dramatic repositioning.
For decision training, this replay teaches that a city-boom does not always announce itself with fireworks. The real skill lies in maintaining process discipline when the market offers quiet rather than chaos. Low volatility can breed complacency or, conversely, teach the value of patient capital allocation. The psychological challenge is staying engaged with the rhythm of six decision points when the stakes feel modest—and resisting the urge to overtrade in search of excitement that the historical data never provided.
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