Crash · KOSPI Index (2000)
From December 1999 to July 2000, the KOSPI plunged 17.4% through a brutal 38.1% drawdown era. Replay each daily bar, navigate 25 decision points including 9 critical ones, and review your choices with an AI coach in this simulated market-history exercise.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 1999-12 to 2000-07 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 218 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 38.1% and a 29.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −38.1%
- Max run-up
- +29.8%
- Duration
- 218 days
- Largest single-day move
- −11.6%
- Bars
- 144 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
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 Korean stock market entered the final weeks of 1999 amid the global technology frenzy. The KOSPI Index, hovering near 948.57, faced a pivotal transition as the 1990s gave way to the 2000s. Investors were navigating an era of extraordinary optimism around internet and technology stocks, with policy makers wrestling between supporting growth and containing emerging imbalances. This replay scenario captures the tension of that moment.
What unfolded from December 1999 to July 2000 was a brutal correction. The index fell 17.4% to 783.06, while the maximum drawdown reached 38.1%—a decline that swallowed months of gains in weeks. The largest single-day move of 11.6% exemplified the extreme volatility, as 144 trading days delivered relentless uncertainty through 25 decision points, 9 of which proved critical to outcomes. The period represented the sharp end of the dot-com era unraveling.
For decision trainees, this scenario strips away the comfort of hindsight to test real-time judgment under pressure. Navigating a 38.1% drawdown without knowing the bottom teaches position sizing, emotional discipline, and the difference between price noise and meaningful signals. The nine critical nodes demand clarity on risk tolerance and conviction management. This is not about predicting the crash, but about building the process to survive one.