Atlanta Historical Replay: 2006-10 to 2009-03
Walk the 2006-10 to 2009-03 Atlanta housing slide, a 22.0% peak-to-trough drop across 30 monthly bars, and see how the cycle unfolded. You move through each historical day, face six decision points with two flagged critical, then receive an AI coach review on your replayed choices in a simulated, educational environment.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 2006-10 to 2009-03 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 23.0% with a 2.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −23.0%
- Max run-up
- +2.4%
- Largest single-month move
- −3.2%
- 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
Atlanta's housing market in October 2006 sat at a critical juncture in U.S. real estate history. After years of appreciation throughout the 2000s, the city had shared in the broader optimism that had characterized the decade. What followed was not a sudden collapse but a grinding, multi-year unwinding that would fundamentally reshape how market participants understood risk and consequence.
From that October 2006 starting point through March 2009, Atlanta's index fell from 134.73 to 105.07, a decline of 22.0% across 30 monthly bars. The maximum drawdown reached 23.0%, with the largest single monthly move hitting 3.2%. Six decision points punctuated this descent, with two flagged as critical moments where positioning and response carried heightened consequence.
This replay teaches the value of process over prediction. A 22.0% decline tests conviction and forces honest evaluation of risk tolerance. The six decision points—particularly the two critical ones—become laboratories for practicing disciplined response under pressure. Participants learn that outcomes depend not on perfectly timing the bottom but on maintaining clear decision frameworks when volatility tests conviction and forces honest answers.