Inflation · Nikkei 225 Index (2022)
Replay 144 daily bars of the Nikkei 225 from February to September 2022 as inflation fears drove a 10.8% max drawdown. Step through each session, face 25 decision points including 9 critical ones, and review your choices with an AI coach in a simulated, educational environment.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2022-02 to 2022-09 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 212 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.8% and a 18.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.8%
- Max run-up
- +18.2%
- Duration
- 212 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 early 2022 as inflation pressures mounted across global markets, setting the stage for a demanding period for Japanese equities. The February-to-September window confronted traders with a confluence of tightening monetary expectations, geopolitical turbulence, and shifting growth trajectories—forces that tested conviction and discipline in equal measure. Understanding how the index navigated this uncertainty was essential for anyone studying equity market dynamics in the 2020s.
Examining the 144 daily bars spanning 2022-02-07 to 2022-09-07 reveals a market that defied simple narrative. The closing level moved from 27248.87 to 27430.3, representing a modest 0.7% gain—yet this figure obscures the turbulence beneath. The index endured a maximum drawdown of 10.8% during this stretch, with the largest single-bar move reaching 3.9%, underscoring how periods of relative stability can coexist with significant episodic volatility.
This replay's architecture—25 decision points including 9 flagged as critical—creates a training ground for process-driven thinking under pressure. Participants confront the challenge of maintaining discipline when headlines scream crisis and portfolios bleed. The experience teaches that managing risk during drawdowns matters more than capturing every upside move, and that emotional regulation separates informed decision-making from reactive behavior. Historical market episodes like this one offer invaluable lessons precisely because they strip away the clarity of hindsight, forcing traders to decide with incomplete information—just as practitioners must in live markets.