San Diego Historical Replay: 2020-02 to 2022-07
Replay San Diego's property market across 30 monthly bars from 2020-02 to 2022-07, a 55.9% climb capped by a modest 3.2% drawdown. Make choices at six decision points, two of them critical, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated training scenario.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 2020-02 to 2022-07 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 3.2% with a 61.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −3.2%
- Max run-up
- +61.1%
- Largest single-month move
- +4.5%
- 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
This scenario places you inside San Diego's residential property market across 30 monthly intervals from February 2020 through July 2022. The city had been riding a multi-year expansion, and the pandemic era was introducing unprecedented uncertainty into urban real estate. Six decision points punctuate the replay, two marked as critical moments where positioning would matter most. The task: navigate the boom while respecting the market's underlying volatility.
What unfolded was a 55.9% climb from 265.62 to 413.99—a substantial appreciation powered by low interest rates, migration patterns, and constrained supply. Remarkably, the maximum drawdown across the entire period was just 3.2%, suggesting that pullbacks were shallow and brief. The largest single monthly candle measured 4.5%, indicating concentrated bursts of momentum rather than sustained acceleration. The market rewarded patience but demanded discipline during those infrequent dips.
For training purposes, this replay emphasizes three lessons. First, trend recognition matters: a 55.9% advance does not arrive as a straight line, and distinguishing noise from direction separates timely decisions from reactive ones. Second, drawdown tolerance shapes outcomes—a 3.2% maximum retreat tests whether you hold positions through temporary weakness or exit prematurely. Third, critical decision points concentrate risk and opportunity; the two flagged moments in this scenario represent inflection zones where preparation and conviction determine results. Use this historical window to stress-test your process, not to predict future performance.