Crisis · S&P 500 Index (2023)
Replay the S&P 500 from October 2022 through May 2023 across 144 daily bars, navigating a 7.8% peak-to-trough drawdown. You make choices at 25 decision points and receive an AI coach review of each move, all on simulated capital.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2022-10 to 2023-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 209 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.8% and a 12.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.8%
- Max run-up
- +12.9%
- Duration
- 209 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.5%
- 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 S&P 500 entered October 2022 at a critical juncture. Markets were grappling with the aftermath of aggressive monetary tightening, persistent inflation, and mounting recession fears. Over the 144 trading days that followed through May 2023, participants faced a landscape where policy uncertainty dominated headlines and volatility became the only constant. At stake was not just capital preservation but the ability to make coherent decisions when macro forces shifted rapidly.
The index closed the period at 4115.24, up 8.1% from its starting level of 3807.3. However, the journey was far from linear—a maximum drawdown of 7.8% tested risk management discipline, while a single session moved as much as 5.5%, creating moments where composure was essential. Participants encountered 25 decision points, nine of which were deemed critical, requiring careful evaluation of incoming information and position sizing under uncertainty.
This replay emphasizes process over prediction. Navigating a 7.8% peak-to-trough decline requires disciplined risk controls and emotional equilibrium when markets swing 5.5% in a single day. The nine critical decision points serve as crucibles where planning meets pressure, teaching participants to evaluate information systematically rather than react impulsively. Success here is measured not by profit alone but by the quality of decisions made under conditions that mirrored the authentic stress of the period.