US National (Case-Shiller, 2000+) Historical Replay: 1987-01 to 1989-06
Replay 30 monthly bars of the U.S. national Case-Shiller series from 1987-01 to 1989-06, when the index climbed 18.8% from 63.73 to 75.69. You will work through 6 decision points day by day and receive an AI coach review of each simulated choice.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 1987-01 to 1989-06 · Property
Key facts
- Max run-up
- +18.8%
- Largest single-month move
- +1.0%
- Bars
- 30 Monthly bars
- Decision points
- 6
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
Between January 1987 and June 1989, the U.S. national Case-Shiller home-price index sat at the center of a real-estate market still digesting the regional disruptions of the savings-and-loan crisis. S&L institutions built up earlier in the decade had already failed in pockets across the country, but the official national series was entering a quieter stretch. With no single fixed income, interest rate, or equity series dominating the narrative, students replaying this window confront a slow-burning question: what does steady home-price appreciation feel like when the background economy is wobbling, and how does one stay disciplined in a market that rarely throws sharp signals?
Over the 30 monthly bars, the index rose from a closing level of 63.73 to 75.69, a cumulative gain of 18.8%. The maximum drawdown across the period was 0.0%, meaning the path never undercut its starting point, and the largest single-month move was just 1.0%. With only six decision points, two of them marked critical, the data set rewards patience and punishes overtrading. The price action is not a roller coaster; it is a gently rising staircase, which is precisely the kind of chart that exposes traders who expect every market to behave like a crisis.
For decision training, the segment is essentially a psychology drill. Because no bar ever produced a large drawdown and the biggest swing in either direction was 1.0%, the most valuable lessons live in position sizing, holding through boredom, and resisting the urge to manufacture drama when the tape is calm. Learners should treat each critical checkpoint as a temptation: do you tighten stops unnecessarily, do you chase late, or do you let a slow trend compound? The replay imprints the habit that in property, quiet months do most of the work, and that recognizing a low-volatility regime is itself a skill worth practicing.
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