War · Shanghai Composite Index (2008)
Replay the Shanghai Composite Index from April to October 2008 as it fell 48.1% amid geopolitical shock and policy shifts across 144 trading days. You make the calls at 25 decision points with an AI coach reviewing your simulated reasoning.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2008-04 to 2008-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 213 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 54.3% and a 21.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −54.3%
- Max run-up
- +21.5%
- Duration
- 213 days
- Largest single-day move
- +9.5%
- 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 Shanghai Composite Index during April–October 2008 presented traders with one of the decade's most punishing geopolitical stress tests. As the Russia-Georgia conflict erupted, its shockwaves rippled through global risk sentiment, pressuring Chinese equities in ways that tested both institutional discipline and individual judgment. Across 144 trading days, market participants faced a cascade of uncertainty, with 25 decision points embedded in the historical record—9 deemed critical—where outcomes hinged on how traders processed evolving information under pressure.
The index fell from 3329.16 to 1728.79, a decline of -48.1%. Maximum drawdown reached 54.3%, while the largest single-day move hit 9.5%, underscoring the violent intraday swings that characterized this downturn. These figures are not merely statistics; they represent the raw volatility environment in which every simulated trade in this replay was executed.
This scenario trains decision-makers to confront the interplay of geopolitical risk, policy uncertainty, and market psychology. Participants must practice position management through extreme drawdowns, resist panic selling at market bottoms, and refine the process of reassessing thesis as new data arrives. The 9 critical decision points serve as concentrated laboratories for building the emotional resilience and analytical discipline that separate informed judgment from reactive behavior.
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