US 10-City Composite Historical Replay: 2008-08 to 2011-01
Step into a 30-month US 10-city property replay from Aug 2008 to Jan 2011, capturing a 10.2% decline with a 12.6% drawdown. Make decisions across 6 choice points as the market falls, then receive an AI coach review of every simulated call.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 2008-08 to 2011-01 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.6% with a 5.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.6%
- Max run-up
- +5.4%
- Largest single-month move
- −1.9%
- 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
In the autumn of 2008, the US housing market was unraveling at the heart of the global financial crisis. This replay spans 30 months from August 2008 to January 2011, inviting you into the turbulent aftermath as the 10-city composite index navigated one of the most challenging periods in American real estate history. Six decision points await, two of them critical inflection moments where the difference between preservation and loss hung in the balance.
The market recorded a 10.2% decline over the period, with peak-to-trough drawdown reaching 12.6%. Notably, the largest single monthly move was just 1.9%—a reminder that even modest percentage swings can mask profound underlying distress. This wasn't a sudden collapse but an extended erosion, each bar telling a story of confidence slowly draining from the market. The index moved from 174.01 to 156.19, testing the resolve of every participant who believed in a quick recovery.
This replay teaches that in a grinding crash, process discipline matters more than prediction. With a 12.6% drawdown testing your commitment and six decision points demanding accountability, you learn to manage risk when the market offers no clear direction. The psychology of loss aversion becomes tangible: does a modest 1.9% monthly move feel safe enough to hold, or does the accumulating 12.6% drawdown erode your conviction? Each simulated call becomes a mirror for your decision-making habits under sustained pressure.
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