Canada National (BIS) Historical Replay: 1987-10 to 1995-01
Replay Canada's national property market across 30 monthly bars from 1987-10 to 1995-01, including a 9.4% drawdown. Make decisions at six points, with two critical, and receive an AI coach review in this educational simulation.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 1987-10 to 1995-01 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.4% with a 39.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.4%
- Max run-up
- +39.8%
- Largest single-month move
- +10.0%
- 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 October 1987 and January 1995, FinFable invites you to step back into Canada's national property market across thirty monthly bars that span the late 1980s boom into the early 1990s recession. The era is defined by the aftermath of the 1987 equity shock, a tightening of monetary policy in Canada, and the slow grind of a national housing correction that followed. In this simulated replay, participants take on the role of decision-makers responding to monthly information as it arrived, weighing whether to lean into momentum or to defend against mounting macro headwinds. With two of the six decision points marked as critical, the exercise forces learners to confront moments where conviction, risk appetite, and timing all collide.
Over the full span, the index traveled from a close of 34.34 to 46.13, a move of 34.3%, yet the path was anything but smooth. A maximum drawdown of 9.4% marks the depth of the downturn phase, and a largest single-bar move of 10.0% reminds us that monthly volatility in this market was anything but tame. The headline gain disguises a period in which participants had to live through a meaningful drawdown before any recovery, illustrating how long horizons and final outcomes can diverge sharply from the lived experience of a crash-era investor.
The replay's training value lies less in the eventual return and more in the process. It teaches learners to size decisions to known volatility, to respect drawdowns that can exceed a tenth of equity, and to recognize the emotional pull of a single sharp monthly bar that may not represent a new trend. Critically, it underscores that two of six moments carry lasting consequences: rushing through them or freezing under pressure both distort judgment. The lesson is to treat each bar as evidence, not as a verdict, and to let a written plan, not a feeling, govern the critical calls.
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