Atlanta Historical Replay: 2008-08 to 2011-01
Replay Atlanta housing from August 2008 through January 2011, a 19.3% decline ending near 100.33 across 30 monthly bars. Step through authentic decision points each month and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 2008-08 to 2011-01 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.5% with a 6.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.5%
- Max run-up
- +6.1%
- Largest single-month move
- −3.2%
- Bars
- 30 Monthly bars
- Decision points
- 6
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
Atlanta's housing market in late 2008 was caught in the crossfire of a nationwide mortgage crisis that had already begun eroding property values. From August 2008 through January 2011, this replay places participants face-to-face with 30 monthly bars of authentic data spanning the late 2000s and into the early 2010s. The challenge is stark: a market in structural decline where every decision carries weight and the downside has been accelerating for months.
The numbers tell the story of a grinding bear market. Close prices fell from 124.32 to 100.33, a decline of -19.3% that brought valuations back to levels unseen in years. The maximum drawdown of 19.5% captures the sustained nature of this downturn, with even the largest single monthly move reaching only 3.2%, suggesting a slow-motion unwind rather than a sudden crash. Across six decision points, including two the replay marks as critical, participants must choose how to position themselves as each monthly bar resolves.
This scenario tests the core disciplines of property investing under stress. A -19.3% decline is painful but survivable; what matters is whether panic selling at the wrong moment locks in losses unnecessarily. The process question becomes: does your strategy account for prolonged drawdowns without abandoning sound principles? The risk question: are you sizing positions so that a 19.5% peak-to-trough move does not derail your overall plan? The psychology question: can you make decisions at critical junctures based on evidence rather than fear? This replay trains all three simultaneously.
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