Crash · Nifty 50 Index (2016)
Replay the full 144-day Nifty 50 window from September 2015 to April 2016, spanning a 16.0% drawdown driven by Chinese circuit-breaker fallout. You step through daily decision points, including 9 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of each simulated call.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2015-09 to 2016-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 222 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 16.0% and a 14.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −16.0%
- Max run-up
- +14.5%
- Duration
- 222 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.4%
- 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 Nifty 50 index, India's premier stock benchmark, entered a turbulent seven-month window from September 2015 to April 2016. This 144-trading-day period unfolded against the backdrop of China's dramatic market turmoil following the introduction of its circuit-breaker mechanism, sending shockwaves across global equity markets. You will face 25 decision points throughout this replay, including 9 critical moments where your choices could significantly alter your simulated outcomes.
By the end of this window, the index barely budged, closing at 7979.9 from an opening of 7981.9, a seemingly flat -0.0% change. Yet this deceptively calm headline figure concealed a far more volatile journey: the market experienced a maximum drawdown of 16.0% and its largest single-day swing reached 3.4%. These extreme fluctuations, triggered by contagion fears from Beijing's policy missteps, tested the resolve of every participant navigating this cross-border crisis.
This replay hones your ability to maintain decision-making discipline when headlines scream panic and markets swing violently without clear directional trends. You will practice calibrating position sizing against a 16.0% peak-to-trough decline, recognizing that the largest moves often occur during perceived crises. The psychological dimension is equally vital: enduring a -0.0% net outcome despite experiencing 16.0% of paper losses reveals how emotional noise distorts our perception of risk and reward. Train yourself to separate signal from sentiment in these historically grounded scenarios.