Crisis · NASDAQ Composite Index (2011)
Replay 144 daily bars from the 2011 US debt-downgrade crisis as the NASDAQ Composite slipped 1.1% from 2698.3 to 2667.85. Step through each session, tackle 25 decision points, and review your choices with an AI coach in simulated training.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2011-03 to 2011-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 205 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 18.7% and a 14.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −18.7%
- Max run-up
- +14.2%
- Duration
- 205 days
- Largest single-day move
- −6.9%
- 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 2011 navigating one of the most consequential policy crises in modern market history. By March, concerns over US sovereign debt sustainability had intensified dramatically, setting the stage for Standard & Poor's unprecedented credit downgrade of American government bonds in August. The index, weighted toward high-growth technology names, faced heightened sensitivity to both macroeconomic uncertainty and shifts in investor risk appetite. Participants in this replay step into a period where policy decisions reverberated across every trading session, demanding clarity of thought under sustained pressure.
The data encompasses 144 daily bars spanning March 23 to October 14. From a closing level of 2698.3, the index ultimately settled at 2667.85—a modest net decline of -1.1%. Yet this headline figure obscures the true journey: a maximum drawdown of 18.7% tested portfolio resilience at various points, while the largest single session delivered a 6.9% move. The disparity between the final close and the traversable range underscores how compressed volatility can punish unprepared participants and reward those with disciplined process.
This scenario delivers its deepest lessons through 25 decision points, 9 of which are flagged as critical junctures. Participants confront the psychological arithmetic of loss aversion, the challenge of distinguishing signal from noise amid policy headlines, and the risk of anchoring to entry prices rather than evolving conditions. The replay forces honest self-examination: Did you react to headlines or adhere to process? Did volatility shake your conviction or reveal flaws in your sizing? The NASDAQ's apparent calm final balance belies the turbulence beneath—a perfect training ground for developing the resilience required when markets test every assumption.