Inflation · Straits Times Index (2021)
Replay 148 daily bars of Singapore's 2021 inflation-era market as the Straits Times Index slipped from 3200.26 to 3134.66, carving a 6.8% drawdown. You make the calls at 25 decision points and receive an AI coach review after every simulated session.
148 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2021-05 to 2021-12 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 214 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 6.8% and a 7.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −6.8%
- Max run-up
- +7.3%
- Duration
- 214 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.5%
- Bars
- 148 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 Straits Times Index entered May 2021 carrying the weight of emerging inflation concerns across Asian markets. Over the following seven months, traders faced a slow-motion test: a market grinding sideways and lower through 148 daily bars as price drifted from 3200.26 toward 3134.66. The -2.0% net decline masked more turbulent undercurrents, with a 6.8% maximum drawdown and a largest single-day swing of 2.5% creating genuine moments of uncertainty. Participants encountered 25 decision points—9 deemed critical—demanding choices about position sizing, timing, and conviction.
The arithmetic of those seven months delivered modest headline losses but meaningful internal volatility. A drawdown of 6.8% sounds manageable in isolation, yet it arrived during a grinding slide rather than a single dramatic crash. The 2.5% single-bar moves tested emotional discipline as much as strategy, punishing those who overextended on either side of momentum. By December, the index closed near 3134.66, completing a round trip that offered no easy narrative about direction.
What this replay teaches is that quiet markets demand as much from a trader as dramatic ones. The 6.8% drawdown reminds us that losses arrive faster than recoveries, while the 2.5% single-bar volatility tests emotional control when position sizes feel suddenly exposed. The nine critical decision points become the real curriculum—each one revealing whether a trader's framework survives when the market refuses to commit to a clear direction.