Survive the Decade

Play a decade of real markets. Five decisions.

See how your instincts hold up against the regimes that broke real strategies. Pick an option below to see what actually happened - and what it says about how you think.

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Year 2017 · 1 of 5

The Smooth Year

75
Health Score

Volatility is dead. Your equity curve has never looked better.

2017. The VIX sits in the low teens for months. Your strategy's backtest is the smoothest curve you've ever produced - barely a drawdown. You're about to size up. What do you do first?

S&P 500, 2017 into early 20182017 - the year you're sizing up in
2,3002,4002,5002,6002,700Dec '16Dec '17

S&P 500 month-end closes through 2017; selected closes into April 2018. Historical context, not a performance claim.

Show the numbers
S&P 500, 2017 into early 2018
DateClose
Dec '162,239
Jan2,279
Feb2,364
Mar2,363
Apr2,384
May2,412
Jun2,423
Jul2,470
Aug2,472
Sep2,519
Oct2,575
Nov2,648
Dec '172,674

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