Games Like Trade the Crash

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:

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:

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

Key Features

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.