Trade the Crash

TK01 89.38 −1.20% TK02 65.31 +0.86% TK03 56.78 −0.42% TK04 38.94 +2.10% TK06 64.50 −3.04% TK08 67.50 +1.18% TK07 70.13 −2.81% TK11 27.94 +4.75% TK09 105.06 −1.62% TK10 47.13 +0.27% TK05 86.81 −1.05% TK12 79.56 +0.38% IX03 100.31 −2.04% IX01 134.97 −0.90% IX02 99.15 +0.12% IX04 50.13 +0.34% CL 30.43 +0.92% GC 294.20 +0.41% EURUSD 0.9712 −0.18% USDJPY 110.04 +0.22% TK01 89.38 −1.20% TK02 65.31 +0.86% TK03 56.78 −0.42% TK04 38.94 +2.10% TK06 64.50 −3.04% TK08 67.50 +1.18% TK07 70.13 −2.81% TK11 27.94 +4.75% TK09 105.06 −1.62% TK10 47.13 +0.27% TK05 86.81 −1.05% TK12 79.56 +0.38% IX03 100.31 −2.04% IX01 134.97 −0.90% IX02 99.15 +0.12% IX04 50.13 +0.34% CL 30.43 +0.92% GC 294.20 +0.41% EURUSD 0.9712 −0.18% USDJPY 110.04 +0.22%

The setup

Three things make this not a game.

Every fictional equity mirrors the historical OHLCV series of a corresponding real company from Feb 2000 to Jun 2003. The price action is historical, not generated; company names, symbols, and company-specific events are fictionalized.

01 / DATA

Fictional identities. Real historical price action.

Equities, ETFs, futures, forex & bonds.

12 aggressive techs, 13 conservative blue-chips, 4 index ETFs, 10 commodity futures, 10 currency pairs, 11 sovereign bonds. Equity price paths preserve the corresponding real companies' historical OHLCV movement throughout the simulated period.

02 / STAKES

$50,000

Starting capital. Don't lose it.

Pay your family's bills, every month.

Rent, groceries, kids’ school, taxes — auto-debited on the last trading day of each month. Run out of cash and the run ends. The market doesn't care that you have a wife.

03 / TEST

818

Trading days. The dot-com crash.

Get out of 2003 with capital intact.

The Technology Composite peaks at 5,048 on March 10. Then it falls 78% over two and a half years. The broad-market index loses half its value. If you can survive this run profitably, you can survive any market.

The household

Your wife. Your kids.
Your monthly burn.

On the last trading day of every month, the broker debits your living expenses before you place a single trade. Miss a payment and the run ends — not because you blew up, but because life kept moving while you were watching candles.

$4,820 / mo baseline · scales with career path & family size

Statement

HOUSEHOLD — MAR 2000

DEBIT

Mortgage · Brooklyn 2BR−$1,950.00

Groceries & household−$ 720.00

School tuition · 2 kids−$ 860.00

Health insurance−$ 410.00

Utilities · phone · cable−$ 240.00

Auto · gas · transit pass−$ 290.00

Federal & state withholding−$ 350.00

Net debit · 03/31/2000 −$4,820.00

Cash on hand after debit must be ≥ $0. Margin does not count.

The run

Three years. One historical chart. No restarts.

You start at 9:30am ET on Feb 28, 2000. You finish at 4:00pm ET on Jun 2, 2003 — or you go bust before then. There is no fast-forward through the bad parts.

Start

Feb 28, 2000

End

Jun 2, 2003

Trading days

818

Broad Market peak → trough

−49%

Technology Composite peak → trough

−78%

Career paths

Pick a desk. Inherit a roster.

Each mentor opens a different career. Their starting watchlist determines what you can trade and what you have to learn. You can switch later — but the first hundred days will be on their book.

Blue-Chip Equities

Margaret Wells

BL01, BL02, BL04, BL05, BL08. Slow money. Boring is the point.

Tech Aggressive

Alex Turing

TK01, TK02, TK03, TK11, IX03. The desk most likely to blow up.

Index & Macro

David Chen

IX01, IX02, IX03, IX04. Trade the whole market, not the names.

Commodities & Futures

Ray Nakamura

CL, GC, SI, HG, NG. Leverage cuts both ways.

Forex & Bonds

Sofia Reyes

EURUSD, USDJPY, US10Y. Macro, slowly. Then all at once.

Study hall

Learn it here. Use it there.

Every concept the game tests you on is taught in the in-game Study Hall first. Glossary entries, pattern libraries, indicator math, and the psychology of losing money on purpose.

86 lessons across nine disciplines.

Chart Reading /05

Candlestick anatomy
Trends & channels
Support & resistance
Timeframes
Volume

Patterns /15

Doji, Hammer, Hanging Man
Engulfing (bull & bear)
Morning & Evening Star
Three Soldiers, Shooting Star
Head & Shoulders, Cup & Handle
Triangles, Wedges, Flags
Double Top / Bottom

Indicators /11

Moving Averages
RSI, MACD, Stochastic
Bollinger Bands, ATR
ADX, CCI, Williams %R
OBV (volume)

Trading Mechanics /14

Long & short
Order types
Bid & ask
Stop-loss / take-profit
Position sizing

Strategies /10

Trend & mean-reversion
Day, swing & pattern trading
News, options, arbitrage
Forex & futures

Psychology /12

Fear, Greed, FOMO
Revenge trading
Loss aversion, Anchoring
Confirmation bias, Overconfidence
Herd behavior, Discipline
Journaling

History /04

The Crash of 1929
The Dot-Com Bubble
Key events & recovery

Elliott Wave /10

5-3 structure, fractals
Corrective waves, Fibonacci
Personality & rules
Limitations & practice

Tools /05

Trendlines
Horizontals
Measurement
Position markers

The roster

Every instrument. Every class.

Fictional names and symbols across six asset classes. Each fictional equity maps one-to-one to the historical price series of a corresponding real company; the identity is fictionalized, while the underlying price action is preserved.

TK01QuantaGrid Softwaretech

TK02VectorSpan Networkstech

TK03EmberSilicontech

TK04LatticeVault Systemstech

TK05PulseForge Electronicstech

TK06HelioWave Communicationstech

TK07MarketArc Commercetech

TK08ParcelPeak Retailtech

TK09LithicFab Equipmenttech

TK10StrataMemorytech

TK11PrismCore Graphicstech

TK12VistaLine Mediatech

BL01Meridian Industrialblue

BL02NorthReach Energyblue

BL03Mainframe Unionblue

BL04Everwell Healthblue

BL05Cornerstone Storesblue

BL06Pivotal Pharmablue

BL07Cedarline Therapeuticsblue

BL08Hearth & Home Productsblue

BL09Redline Beveragesblue

BL10Cascade Computingblue

BL11Park & Howe Capitalblue

BL12Union City Financialblue

BL13HarborShield Insuranceblue

IX01Broad Market Fundfund

IX02Industrial Leaders Fundfund

IX03Technology Leaders Fundfund

IX04Small Companies Fundfund

CLCrude Oilfut

GCGoldfut

SISilverfut

HGCopperfut

NGNatural Gasfut

ZCCornfut

ZWWheatfut

ZSSoybeansfut

KCCoffeefut

CTCottonfut

EURUSDEUR / USDfx

GBPUSDGBP / USDfx

USDJPYUSD / JPYfx

USDCHFUSD / CHFfx

AUDUSDAUD / USDfx

USDCADUSD / CADfx

NZDUSDNZD / USDfx

EURGBPEUR / GBPfx

EURJPYEUR / JPYfx

GBPJPYGBP / JPYfx

US10YUS 10-Yearbond

US30YUS 30-Yearbond

US5YUS 5-Yearbond

US2YUS 2-Yearbond

DE10YGerman 10-Yearbond

UK10YUK 10-Yearbond

JP10YJapan 10-Yearbond

BD0820+ Year Treasury Fundbond

BD09US Aggregate Bond Fundbond

BD10IG Corporate Bond Fundbond

TRADE THE
DOT-COM
BUBBLE

Three things make this not a game.

Equities, ETFs, futures, forex & bonds.

Pay your family's bills, every month.

Get out of 2003 with capital intact.

Your wife. Your kids.
Your monthly burn.

Three years. One historical chart. No restarts.

Pick a desk. Inherit a roster.

Learn it here. Use it there.

Every instrument. Every class.

DAY ONE.
YOUR MONEY.

Three things make this not a game.

Equities, ETFs, futures, forex & bonds.

Pay your family's bills, every month.

Get out of 2003 with capital intact.

Your wife. Your kids.Your monthly burn.

Three years. One historical chart. No restarts.

Pick a desk. Inherit a roster.

Learn it here. Use it there.

Every instrument. Every class.

DAY ONE.YOUR MONEY.

Your wife. Your kids.
Your monthly burn.

DAY ONE.
YOUR MONEY.