Boom · Shenzhen Component Index (2012)
Replay the Shenzhen Component Index's 150-day bottoming phase from September 2012 to April 2013, navigating a 12.7% drawdown and a single 5.3% surge. Make decisions across 26 branching points, get an AI coach review, and learn market history with simulated capital.
150 daily bars · 26 decision points · 2012-09 to 2013-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 230 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.7% and a 29.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.7%
- Max run-up
- +29.5%
- Duration
- 230 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.3%
- Bars
- 150 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 26
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
In September 2012, the Shenzhen Component Index entered a critical bottoming phase as growth stocks navigated profound uncertainty. The market faced headwinds from economic restructuring and shifting monetary policy expectations, creating an environment where determining fair value felt nearly impossible. This 150-day window captured a market caught between lingering pessimism and the first tentative signs of stabilization.
Over 150 trading sessions, the index barely moved from 8709.07 to 8772.58, a net advance of just 0.7%. Yet this modest endpoint masked dramatic intermediate volatility: a maximum drawdown of 12.7% tested even patient investors, while a single session surge of 5.3% demonstrated how quickly sentiment could shift. Participants faced 26 decision points, including 9 critical moments where judgment carried heightened consequence.
This replay sharpens risk management skills for bottoming markets, where uncertainty is the only constant. The lesson is not about predicting the exact low, but about maintaining disciplined process when price continues falling after seemingly reasonable entry points. Participants learn to manage drawdown without panic, avoid chasing sudden spikes, and recognize that conviction requires withstanding extended uncertainty. Bottoming markets are psychological laboratories where discipline separates learning from costly experience.
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