It is February 28, 2000. The Nasdaq sits at 4,696. You have $50,000, a family depending on you, and 818 trading days ahead.
The dot-com bubble bursts in 11 days. You don't know that yet.
Trade the Crash is a historically grounded single-player trading simulator covering one of the most dramatic market collapses in history: the dot-com bust of 2000-2003. Choose a career path, manage capital, pay monthly living expenses, and trade across real instruments using real historical price data, candle by candle.
There is no undo. No speed multiplier. No second chances. One candle at a time, you live the crash.
Trade Across 63 Real Instruments
Choose a career archetype and trade a curated set of real instruments from that asset class:
Tech Trader - MSFT, CSCO, INTC, ORCL, QCOM, NVDA, QQQ, SPY, and more
Blue Chip Analyst - IBM, GE, JPM, C, XOM, WMT, DIS, KO, and more
Futures Trader - Crude Oil, Gold, Silver, Natural Gas, Corn, Wheat, and more
Forex Trader - EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, USD/CHF, and more
Bond Trader - US 2Y, 10Y, 30Y Treasuries, TIPS, and more
Every price is real. Every candle happened.
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 & resistance, volume, trends
Patterns - Head & Shoulders, Cup & Handle, Double Top/Bottom, Flags, Wedges, Triangles, and 10 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 - 10-lesson deep dive from basics to the dot-com crash through a wave lens
Strategies - Day Trading, Swing Trading, Trend Following, Mean Reversion, Event-Driven
History - the dot-com bubble, the March 2000 peak, Enron, WorldCom, 9/11, the Fed's response, and the recovery
Every lesson can be applied immediately on a live historical chart.
Key Features
818 Real Trading Days - February 28, 2000 to June 2, 2003. The full crash, candle by candle.
63 Real Instruments - historical OHLCV data across equities, ETFs, futures, forex, and bonds
5 Career Paths - each locked to a distinct asset class with a fresh perspective on the same crash
86 Study Hall Lessons - integrated education covering patterns, indicators, psychology, and strategy
Realistic Market Conditions - cash trading for most assets, broker-style forex lot sizing and margin limits, commission per side, SL/TP per order.
Monthly Living Expenses - $5,000/month deducted automatically. Survive the market and your bills.
Roguelike Save System - no rewinding, 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, 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, bills. Three years ahead of you. That's $180,000 in expenses before the market gives you a single dollar back.
If your account hits zero, it's over.
The Nasdaq will lose 78% of its peak value. Stocks you recognize - Cisco, Intel, Qualcomm - will fall 70%, 80%, 90% from their highs. The news will be full of false bottoms and dead-cat bounces. Every rally will feel like the recovery. Most won't be.
Your job is to figure out which is which.
Not Financial Advice
Trade the Crash uses real historical market data for educational simulation. Game performance does not predict real-market performance. This is entertainment and education, not a trading signal or financial advisory service.
