Boom · NASDAQ Composite Index (2009)
Replay the 2009 NASDAQ Composite rebound from a 1552.37 close as it climbed 26.6% through July 24. You will step through 150 daily bars, navigate 26 decision points including 9 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review on simulated choices.
150 daily bars · 26 decision points · 2008-12 to 2009-07 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 218 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 23.2% and a 55.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −23.2%
- Max run-up
- +55.6%
- Duration
- 218 days
- Largest single-day move
- +7.1%
- 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
The NASDAQ Composite Index entered December 2008 in the aftermath of a historic financial crisis. Markets had collapsed, confidence was shattered, and investors faced the daunting question of whether any recovery was possible. This replay places you at a closing level of 1552.37 on December 18, 2008, tasked with navigating what would become one of the most volatile recovery periods in modern market history. The stakes were clear: distinguish genuine recovery signals from false hope while managing the psychological toll of extreme uncertainty.
Over the 150 trading days that followed, the index climbed to 1965.96 by July 24, 2009, delivering a net gain of 26.6%. Yet this headline figure obscures a turbulent journey. The period featured a maximum drawdown of 23.2%, meaning the index fell significantly below the entry point before any recovery materialized. A largest single-bar move of 7.1% on any given day could swing portfolios dramatically, underscoring the kind of violent short-term volatility that tests conviction and risk management alike.
This scenario distills 26 decision points, 9 of them critical junctions where directional conviction truly matters. The core training value lies in experiencing how a correct directional thesis can still be undone by poor process, oversized position sizing, or an inability to endure drawdowns without abandoning sound analysis. Participants learn that navigating a recovery boom requires not just identifying opportunity, but building the psychological discipline to hold through 23.2% peak-to-trough reversals without flinching. The goal is not prediction but robust decision-making under conditions of persistent uncertainty.