Commodity Shock · NASDAQ Composite Index (2008)
Replay the 2008 NASDAQ shock across 144 daily bars, where the index slid -6.2% from 2344.99 to 2199.1 amid a punishing 17.7% drawdown. Step through 25 decision points with AI coach review in a simulated, educational market-replay.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2008-02 to 2008-09 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 205 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.7% and a 17.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.7%
- Max run-up
- +17.5%
- Duration
- 205 days
- Largest single-day move
- −4.9%
- 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 NASDAQ Composite entered February 2008 as the global financial system began showing serious stress fractures. Oil prices were surging toward historic highs, threatening consumer spending and corporate margins alike. Policymakers were navigating an increasingly hostile landscape where traditional playbooks offered limited guidance. For traders and investors, the months ahead would demand clarity under pressure, as the index that had defined tech-sector optimism faced a reckoning with broader economic realities. This 144-day replay invites you to step into that uncertainty and test your decision-making against a period where the margin for error was brutally thin.
The numbers tell a story of sustained deterioration. From 2344.99 on February 26, the index closed at 2199.1 by September 18, a decline of -6.2%. The maximum drawdown of 17.7% captured the depth of sentiment shifts, while a largest single-bar move of 4.9% demonstrated how quickly conditions could deteriorate intraday. Across 25 decision points, including 9 critical moments, participants faced repeated tests of conviction and adaptability. The 2000s had delivered innovation and growth; now they demanded resilience and process.
For decision training, this scenario strips away the comfort of hindsight to focus on execution under ambiguity. The lesson is not about predicting the next crisis but about building a framework that survives it. Participants learn to define risk tolerance in advance, stick to process when emotions run high, and recognize that survival during volatility is a prerequisite for capturing future opportunity.
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