Dow Jones Ind. Downtrend Replay (2011-07-21 to 2011-08-10)
Replay the 2011 Dow Jones correction spanning 30 daily bars with a 15.8% peak-to-trough drawdown. Step through each trading day, face critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated risk choices.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2011-07 to 2011-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 39 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 15.8% and a 7.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −15.8%
- Max run-up
- +7.1%
- Duration
- 39 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.5%
- Bars
- 30 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 7
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
The Dow Jones Industrial Average in mid-2011 faced mounting pressures from European debt concerns, weak economic data, and heightened uncertainty about global growth. This replay covers 30 trading days from July 11 to August 19, 2011, a period when the index descended from 12505.76 into a sharp correction. Participants experience the anxiety of deteriorating market conditions and the pressure of managing risk as sentiment shifts rapidly.
The index fell from 12505.76 to 10817.65, a decline of 13.5% over the data span. The maximum drawdown reached 15.8%, with the largest single-bar move measuring 5.5%. Seven decision points are embedded in this replay, including three critical junctures where positioning choices carry significant consequences. Stepping through each trading day reveals how a gradual deterioration accelerated into a visceral correction.
This scenario trains decision-makers to confront the tension between preserving capital and maintaining exposure during a sustained downtrend. The educational focus is on process: pre-defining exit criteria, sizing positions to survive volatility, and resisting the urge to average down in a declining market. Psychologically, participants learn to recognize how fear and uncertainty cloud judgment, and why discipline matters more than prediction when the market environment turns hostile.