War · Nikkei 225 Index (2024)
Replay 144 days of Nikkei 225 action shaped by Middle East conflict escalation, absorbing a 25.5% drawdown across the period. Step into 25 decision points and let the AI coach review your simulated tactical choices.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2024-06 to 2025-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 216 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 25.5% and a 28.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −25.5%
- Max run-up
- +28.0%
- Duration
- 216 days
- Largest single-day move
- −12.4%
- 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 Nikkei 225 entered a turbulent chapter as Middle East geopolitical tensions intensified through the second half of 2024. From June 12, 2024 to January 14, 2025—a span of 144 trading days—Japan's benchmark index faced a complex backdrop of regional conflict, global risk-off flows, and currency volatility. For traders and investors managing significant exposure, the stakes extended beyond returns to fundamental portfolio survival.
The headline number masks the journey: the index closed at 38474.3, a net -1.0% decline from 38876.71. Yet the true measure of this period lay beneath the surface—a maximum drawdown of 25.5% tested portfolio resilience, while individual sessions produced moves as dramatic as 12.4%. The gap between aggregate outcome and internal volatility is itself a critical lesson.
This replay presents 25 decision points, nine deemed critical, demanding participants repeatedly confront the tension between conviction and preservation. The scenario trains not prediction but process: disciplined risk calibration, emotional equilibrium under drawdown pressure, and the humility to distinguish signal from noise when geopolitical headlines dominate. The 2020s have delivered recurring reminders that the unexpected is routine; this episode sharpens the habits needed to endure it.