Pandemic · DAX Index (2009)
Replay 150 daily bars of the 2009 DAX through a pandemic-driven volatility window with a 21.4% drawdown. You step through each trading day, face 26 decision points, and receive an AI coach review after the simulated replay.
150 daily bars · 26 decision points · 2009-01 to 2009-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 214 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 21.4% and a 50.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −21.4%
- Max run-up
- +50.5%
- Duration
- 214 days
- Largest single-day move
- +6.1%
- Bars
- 150 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 26
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 early 2009 the DAX Index entered a period shaped by the emergence of a global pandemic, creating a volatile trading environment with significant uncertainty. From January 22 to August 24, 2009, market participants navigated 150 daily bars through an era of health-related economic anxiety. This replay challenges you to manage positions through a period where fear and uncertainty drove dramatic intraday swings.
The index ultimately rose from 4219.42 to 5519.75, delivering a net return of 30.8%. Yet the journey was anything but smooth: the maximum drawdown reached 21.4%, and the largest single-bar move hit 6.1%, underscoring the violent sentiment shifts that characterized this era. Navigating these extremes required discipline both entering and exiting positions as the market oscillated between panic and recovery.
This scenario presents 26 decision points, of which 9 are critical, forcing you to act under pressure without the clarity of hindsight. The primary lesson concerns process: maintaining a consistent framework when fundamentals are obscured by fear. Secondary themes include risk management—sizing positions to survive drawdowns—and the psychology of loss aversion, as panic selling often compounds losses. The DAX's eventual recovery demonstrates that volatility during crises creates both danger and opportunity, depending on the decisions you make.