Crash Replay

Real prices · Real crashes

The crash is coming.
Do you sell?

Replay a real market crash day by day with $10,000. Sell, hold or go all in. Can you beat the market?

Today's challenge

Takes about 2 minutes. No sign-up.

S&P 500 · 2008
2009-03-09
−56.8%

Daily challenge

Today's secret crash

Everyone gets the same secret crash today. One shot. Dates stay hidden until the end.

Or pick a crash

1

Watch the market move one day at a time.

2

Tap Sell, Half or All in whenever you want.

3

See if you beat the market, a quant and luck.

How the scoring works

No peeking at tomorrow

You decide at each day's close and earn the next day's move. Each trade costs 0.05%. Cash earns that day's 3-month Treasury bill rate, and S&P 500 positions earn dividends.

V(t+1) = V(t) · (1 + e·r_mkt + (1−e)·r_cash)

The quant you race

It follows two rules trend-following funds use: stay invested only above the 200-day average, and size the bet to target 15% volatility.

size = 1[P > SMA200] · min(1, 15% / σ20)

Skill or luck?

2,000 random traders make as many trades as you, on random days. Beat 95% of them and your timing is better than chance (a permutation test).

p ≈ share of random traders above you

S&P 500

2008 Financial Crisis

— — −0.0% from peak

You have $10,000 in the market.

Days will start ticking by. Tap Sell, Half or All in at any time.

2008 Financial Crisis

You beat the market.

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