War · NASDAQ Composite Index (2014)
Replay 144 daily bars of the NASDAQ Composite from October 2013 through May 2014, a stretch that included an 8.2% drawdown. Make policy-aware decisions at 25 checkpoints, including 9 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review after each simulated session.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2013-10 to 2014-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 210 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.2% and a 13.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.2%
- Max run-up
- +13.0%
- Duration
- 210 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.1%
- 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 the final months of 2013 with tech valuations under scrutiny and geopolitical tensions simmering in Eastern Europe. Over the next seven months, through May 2014, traders and investors faced a period where policy uncertainty—anchored by the emerging Crimea crisis—clashed with the momentum of a sustained bull market. With 144 trading days stretching from late October through late May, every checkpoint demanded careful calibration between macroeconomic signals and market sentiment.
What unfolded was a study in resilience and volatility. The index rose from 3919.71 to 4247.95, delivering an 8.4% gain over the full period. Yet this path was far from smooth—an 8.2% drawdown tested portfolios midway through the replay, while individual sessions saw swings as large as 3.1%. The combination of policy-driven headlines and earnings season created an environment where positions could reverse sharply within days, rewarding those who managed exposure over those chasing momentum.
This replay trains participants to navigate ambiguity under policy-driven conditions. Managing risk across 25 decision points—9 of them critical—forces disciplined position sizing and the willingness to adapt when geopolitical headlines shift sentiment overnight. The largest single-day moves tested emotional composure; the drawdown tested conviction. Success here is not about predicting outcomes but about building a repeatable process that survives uncertainty, a skill that transfers far beyond any single scenario.