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Collapse · Hang Seng Index (2007)

StocksHang SengHKPolicy2007-05 to 2007-12Difficulty 4/5FreeView charts

Replay 148 days of the 2007 Hang Seng tumble, which clipped a 17.8% drawdown despite a 39.3% close-to-close rise. Walk through 25 decision points—9 critical—day by day, submit your choices, then receive an AI coach review of how policy and volatility shaped each bar.

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148 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2007-05 to 2007-12 · Stocks

Key facts

This window spans 213 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.8% and a 55.9% run-up.

Max drawdown
−17.8%
Max run-up
+55.9%
Duration
213 days
Largest single-day move
+5.9%
Bars
148 Daily bars
Decision points
25

Every figure above is computed programmatically from this replay’s own candle series — no editorial input, no LLM. Methodology: Methodology

How to play
  1. The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.

  2. At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.

  3. 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 Hang Seng Index in mid-2007 sat at the crossroads of a global liquidity surge and mounting credit concerns. From May 8 through December 7, 148 daily bars captured a market navigating policy uncertainty, as subprime tensions began reshaping risk sentiment worldwide. For traders replaying this era, the question was not merely directional but structural: how does one position when policy signals conflict with momentum?

The close-to-close arithmetic tells a story of resilience misread as stability. The index rose from 20706.35 to 28842.47, delivering a 39.3% gain over the period. Yet this aggregate figure concealed a 17.8% maximum drawdown and a largest single-bar move of 5.9%, revealing that the path between entry and exit was anything but smooth. Participants faced 25 decision points, 9 of which proved critical, demanding recalibration as the regime shifted between risk-on exuberance and sudden risk-off reversals.

This replay trains the decision loop: process over prediction. The 2000s context reminds us that headline returns rarely reflect the psychological toll of intra-period volatility. Trainees learn to separate aggregate outcome from decision quality, practicing risk framing and emotional discipline when policy headlines collide with position P&L in real time.