Inflation · DAX Index (2024)
Relive 150 trading days of the DAX as shifting inflation expectations drove a 26.8% climb. Step through each session, navigate 26 decision points including 9 critical moments, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
150 daily bars · 26 decision points · 2023-10 to 2024-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 217 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 4.1% and a 28.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −4.1%
- Max run-up
- +28.5%
- Duration
- 217 days
- Largest single-day move
- +1.8%
- 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
Between October 2023 and May 2024, the DAX Index traced one of the decade's most instructive reflationary climbs as shifting inflation expectations reshaped European equity sentiment. Investors entering this 150-session window faced a market where monetary policy signals contradicted each other, energy costs fluctuated, and central bank credibility remained under debate. The central question was whether the German economy could sustain recovery without fresh inflationary pressure, and which sectors would lead if it could.
The index rose from 14800.72 to 18774.71, delivering a 26.8% return over the period. This was not a straight line higher; a maximum drawdown of 4.1% tested conviction at several points, while the largest single session move of 1.8% reminded participants that volatility never fully disappears even in trending markets. Across the 150 daily bars, 26 decision points punctuated the trajectory, with 9 classified as critical moments where positioning choices carried disproportionate consequence for outcomes.
This replay trains participants to manage conviction versus flexibility in a trend that rewards patience but punishes inertia. The process discipline required is recognizing when fundamental narratives shift versus when noise dominates. Risk management manifests in sizing positions to survive the 4.1% pullbacks without capitulating. Psychologically, the scenario pressures participants to avoid recency bias after adverse bars and to resist premature celebration during the climb. Navigating all 26 decision points with awareness of those 9 critical junctions sharpens the judgment needed when real capital is at stake.