US 10-City Composite Historical Replay: 2008-12 to 2011-05
Replay the U.S. housing collapse across 30 monthly bars from December 2008 to May 2011, watching the index fall 5.1% to 153.93. Step through each historic day, face six decision points including two critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 2008-12 to 2011-05 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.3% with a 5.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.3%
- 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
Between 2008 and 2011, the U.S. housing market was caught in the aftershocks of the global financial crisis. This replay steps through 30 monthly bars spanning from December 2008 to May 2011, covering the transition from the 2000s into the 2010s. Participants enter a market defined by falling valuations and heightened uncertainty, where every decision carries weight in an environment where consensus had shattered.
Over the course of this period, the composite index declined from 162.27 to 153.93, a total retreat of 5.1%. The journey was not smooth, however—the maximum drawdown reached 6.3%, and the largest single-bar move measured 1.9%, reflecting the market's persistent instability. Six decision points punctuate the replay, with two flagged as critical moments where positioning could meaningfully alter outcomes.
Navigating this scenario demands more than reading charts. Participants must grapple with risk calibration in a declining market, manage the psychological pull to act versus the discipline to observe, and distinguish between temporary dislocations and structural shifts. The replay trains decision-makers to document their reasoning under uncertainty, review outcomes without hindsight bias, and refine their process for future periods where clarity arrives only in retrospect.
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