It is February 28, 2000. You have $50,000, a family depending on you, and 818 trading days ahead.

The dot-com bubble bursts in 11 days. You do not know that yet.

Trade the Crash is a historically grounded single-player trading simulator inspired by the 2000-2003 market collapse. Choose a career path, manage capital, pay monthly living expenses, and trade through the period one candle at a time.

All company names, company-specific news, and stock symbols shown in the game are fictional. Historical market behavior is presented through fictionalized simulation instruments.

There is no undo. No speed multiplier. No second chances. One candle at a time, you live the crash.

Trade Across 63 Simulation Instruments

Choose a career archetype and trade a curated set of instruments from that asset class:

• Tech Trader - fictional technology companies and broad market funds

• Blue Chip Analyst - fictional industrial, consumer, healthcare, energy, and financial companies

• Futures Trader - crude oil, gold, silver, natural gas, corn, wheat, and more

• Forex Trader - major currency pairs

• Bond Trader - short-, medium-, and long-duration government bonds

The market timeline follows the historical period while company identities and symbols remain fictional.

86 In-Game Study Hall Lessons

Trade the Crash is built as a learning environment. An integrated Study Hall teaches you as you play, covering:

• Chart Reading - candlesticks, timeframes, support and resistance, volume, trends

• Patterns - Head and Shoulders, Cup and Handle, Double Top/Bottom, Flags, Wedges, Triangles, and more

• Indicators - RSI, MACD, Bollinger Bands, ATR, ADX, Stochastic, OBV, CCI, Williams %R, Moving Averages

• Order Types - Market, Limit, Stop, Stop-Limit, Stop Loss, Take Profit

• Trading Psychology - Fear, Greed, FOMO, Loss Aversion, Revenge Trading, Anchoring, Herd Mentality

• Risk Management - position sizing, the bid-ask spread, P&L, drawdown

• Elliott Wave Theory - a 10-lesson deep dive from basics to applying wave analysis during a market crash

• Strategies - Day Trading, Swing Trading, Trend Following, Mean Reversion, Event-Driven

• History - the dot-com bubble, the 2000 market peak, the decline, policy responses, and the recovery

Every lesson can be applied immediately on a live simulation chart.

Key Features

• 818 Trading Days - February 28, 2000 to June 2, 2003, one candle at a time

• 63 Simulation Instruments - fictionalized equities and funds, plus futures, forex, and bonds

• 5 Career Paths - each focused on a distinct asset class and perspective on the crash

• 86 Study Hall Lessons - integrated education covering patterns, indicators, psychology, and strategy

• Realistic Market Conditions - cash trading for most assets, broker-style forex sizing and margin limits, commissions, stop loss, and take profit orders

• Monthly Living Expenses - $5,000 per month deducted automatically. Survive the market and your bills.

• Roguelike Save System - no rewinding and no manual saves. One run, one outcome.

• Full Drawing Toolkit - trend lines, channels, Fibonacci retracements, position markers, measure tool, and more

• Multiple Timeframes - 1H, 4H, 1D, 1W, and 1M chart views per instrument

• Steam Leaderboards - compete for the highest return by June 2, 2003

The Stakes

You start with $50,000. You pay $5,000 per month in living expenses: rent, groceries, and bills. Three years ahead of you means $180,000 in expenses before the market gives you a single dollar back.

If your account hits zero, it is over.

The technology-heavy market will lose most of its peak value. The news will be full of false bottoms and dead-cat bounces. Every rally will feel like the recovery. Most will not be.

Your job is to figure out which is which.

Not Financial Advice

Trade the Crash is an educational simulation inspired by historical market conditions. Game performance does not predict real-market performance. This is entertainment and education, not a trading signal or financial advisory service.