Seattle Historical Replay: 2009-05 to 2011-10
Replay Seattle's monthly property market from May 2009 to October 2011, navigating a 9.9% decline with an 11.2% peak drawdown. Work through six decision points, with two marked critical, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
30 monthly bars · 6 decision points · 2009-05 to 2011-10 · Property
Key facts
Peak-to-trough drawdown of 11.2% with a 3.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −11.2%
- Max run-up
- +3.6%
- Largest single-month move
- −2.4%
- 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
In May 2009, the Seattle property market presented a complex post-crisis landscape. The data span from 2009-05 to 2011-10 covers 30 monthly bars across two decades, the 2000s and 2010s, when housing markets were still digesting the aftershocks of the financial crisis. Participants entering this scenario faced a market where the direction was far from clear, and every decision carried the weight of navigating an uncertain recovery.
The market ultimately closed the period at 134.22 from an opening of 148.96, a decline of -9.9%. The max drawdown of 11.2% tested the resolve of any strategy during extended drawdown phases, while the largest single-bar move of 2.4% illustrated the kind of short-term volatility that can unsettle even disciplined participants. With six decision points peppered across the replay, including two marked as critical, the scenario forced participants to confront pivotal moments where market conditions could have shifted dramatically based on their responses.
This replay serves as a powerful decision-training exercise in managing downside risk and emotional discipline. Participants learn to distinguish between noise-driven volatility and genuine trend changes, refine their position-sizing approaches under drawdown pressure, and practice the psychological stamina required to execute a plan when the market is working against them. The interplay between the -9.9% cumulative loss and the 11.2% peak drawdown provides a realistic stress test for any aspiring market participant.
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