How do I test a specified market crash?

Where to find it: RATES/YIELDS and CURRENCIES → Set-up market crashes; TIME MACHINE

Open RATES/YIELDS and CURRENCIES and select Set-up Market Crashes. Enter the crash date, percentage loss and recovery period. Set any repetition of the crash/recovery cycle, then save.

Return to TIME MACHINE and choose the run with Market crashes. The stress applies to eligible equities, preferred shares and crypto holdings, and to the equity/preferred-share portions of mixed investments.

The specified crash changes capital-growth assumptions. It does not directly change the interest or dividend yield assumptions, and cash or fixed-income portions do not receive the same specified loss. Allocation information therefore matters.

Save the result and compare it with an ordinary run using the same spending and other inputs.

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