Market Simulation Sandboxes

September 2008 – March 2009. Lehman Brothers collapse, AIG bailout, massive volatility spike. The ultimate stress test for buy-and-hold strategies.

February 2020 – April 2020. -35% in 33 days, V-shaped recovery. The fastest bear market in history.

March 2000 – October 2002. NASDAQ -78%. The first tech bubble. Irrational exuberance meets reality.

January 2021. GME/AMC short squeezes, extreme volatility, retail vs hedge funds.

May 6, 2010. -9% in minutes, rapid recovery. High-frequency trading gone wrong.

January 2022 – October 2022. Tech wreck, rising rates, inflation. The everything-bubble deflates.

October 19, 1987. -22.6% in a single day. Portfolio insurance and program trading amplify the crash.

20% decline over 6 months, low volatility. The frog-in-boiling-water market.

15% drop in 1 hour, full recovery in 1 day. Tests your nerve and stop-loss discipline.

Parabolic rise then 80% crash. The classic boom-bust pattern.

Rising prices, flat growth, high rates. The 1970s replay. Gold and commodities outperform.

Tech-only bull market, everything else flat. The narrowest rally in history.

Bid-ask spreads 10x normal, partial fills only. Can your strategy execute?

Diversification fails. Everything correlates to 1. Risk models break.

Rapid forex moves affecting all international positions. Emerging markets in turmoil.

Random exchange outages, delayed fills. Infrastructure stress test.