War · Nikkei 225 Index (2003)
Replay 150 daily bars of the Nikkei 225 from November 2002 to June 2003, capturing a 17.4% drawdown as war tensions reshaped Japanese equities. Step through each trading day, make decisions at 26 points, and receive an AI coach review in a fully simulated environment.
150 daily bars · 26 decision points · 2002-11 to 2003-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 221 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 17.4% and a 19.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −17.4%
- Max run-up
- +19.9%
- Duration
- 221 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.7%
- 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
The scenario replays 150 daily bars of the Nikkei 225 from November 2002 to June 2003, a period when Japanese equities navigated the mounting tensions preceding the Iraq War. Investors faced a complex backdrop of geopolitical uncertainty, shifting risk appetite, and the early signs of global economic recovery. The replay captures 26 decision points, including 9 critical junctures where positioning could have dramatically altered outcomes.
What unfolded was a journey marked by volatility: the index experienced a maximum drawdown of 17.4% before recovering to close at 9120.39, representing a net gain of 7.8% from the starting level of 8460.37. The largest single-day move reached 3.7%, underscoring how geopolitical headlines could move markets in either direction within hours. Participants had to navigate not just price action but the psychological weight of uncertainty during a period when headlines dictated sentiment more than fundamentals.
For decision training, this replay illustrates the cost of reactive thinking under geopolitical stress. The 17.4% drawdown demonstrates that even correct directional calls can be eroded by poor timing or risk sizing. The 9 critical decision points become training ground for calibrating position sizes, managing volatility exposure, and maintaining conviction when drawdowns test resolve. The core lesson is that disciplined process and emotional regulation matter more than prediction accuracy in environments where uncertainty is the only constant.