War · Nikkei 225 Index (2022)
Replay the Nikkei 225 across 144 daily bars from October 2021 to May 2022, navigating a 17.1% drawdown shaped by war-era volatility. Step through 25 decision points, choose your moves day by day, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated historical decisions.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2021-10 to 2022-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 217 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.1% and a 14.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.1%
- Max run-up
- +14.3%
- Duration
- 217 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.9%
- 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 Nikkei 225 entered October 2021 at 28708.58, embarking on a 144-trading-day journey that would expose investors to one of the most volatile periods in recent market history. Spanning from autumn 2021 through late spring 2022, this replay captures the index navigating unprecedented uncertainty as geopolitical tensions escalated into full-scale conflict. For participants in this simulation, the stakes were clear: how would your decisions hold up when war-era volatility threatened to test every assumption about risk management?
The index closed at 26604.84, representing a -7.3% decline over the full period. Yet that modest headline number obscures the turbulence beneath the surface. A maximum drawdown of 17.1% tested portfolio resilience, while the largest single-day move of 3.9% demanded split-second judgment. Across 25 decision points—including 9 critical junctures—participants faced repeated stress tests of their conviction and discipline.
This replay offers no crystal ball; instead it provides a laboratory for process. War-era volatility punishes improvisation and rewards those with predefined risk parameters. The 17.1% drawdown reminds us that losses arrive faster than recovery, making position sizing and drawdown awareness essential. Psychologically, the gap between the -7.3% final outcome and the 17.1% intraperiod trough illustrates how fear can distort perception of actual performance. The 3.9% single-bar swings test emotional regulation as much as analytical skill. History does not repeat, but it equips those who study it.