San Diego Historical Replay: 2021-11 to 2024-04
Replay San Diego from 2021-11 to 2024-04 across 30 monthly bars, a 20.5% climb that masked an 11.4% drawdown. Step through each day, face 6 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated, educational market-replay.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 2021-11 to 2024-04 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.4% with a 20.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.4%
- Max run-up
- +20.5%
- 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
San Diego's housing market entered this replay in November 2021 at a crossroads. After years of pandemic-fueled demand and record-low mortgage rates, prices had climbed sharply across Southern California. The Federal Reserve was preparing to pivot aggressively, with rate hikes looming in early 2022 that would reshape borrowing costs for millions of buyers and investors. This 30-bar monthly replay places you in the shoes of a participant navigating those turbulent waters, facing six decision points where timing and conviction mattered enormously.
The numbers tell a story of resilience obscured by turbulence. The market closed at 443.16 from a starting point of 367.83, delivering a net climb of 20.5%. Yet this headline figure concealed a maximum drawdown of 11.4% and a largest single-bar move of 4.5% that tested the resolve of anyone holding positions through the volatility. The journey was far messier than the summary suggests.
This replay is a laboratory for decision training. Participants confront six inflection points where the path forward was genuinely uncertain, forcing deliberate assessment of risk versus reward in real time. The scenario exposes how drawdowns erode confidence even when the ultimate outcome is positive, and how the largest single-bar moves can trigger panic or greed depending on positioning. Studying this episode teaches that process discipline matters more than outcome luck, and that understanding volatility is as essential as tracking price direction in any market condition.
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