Daily Hand 95: The 1929 Crash and the Great Depression, Oct 1929 to Oct 1931

On October 14, 2026 everyone who opened the game got the same secret two years: October 2, 1929 to October 5, 1931, the 1929 Crash and the Great Depression. The couch bought on day one, never sold, and turned $10,000 into $3,255 (-67.5%). 66% of the players who tried beat it.

THE COUCH'S $10,000, DAY BY DAY, REAL DAILY DATA

What the couch did

ENDED WITH$3,255 (-67.5%)

WORST DRAWDOWN-68% by Oct 5, 1931

WORST SINGLE DAY-12.9% Oct 28, 1929

BEST SINGLE DAY+12.5% Oct 30, 1929

CASH INSTEAD (T-BILLS)+7.2%

The era

The 1929 Crash and the Great Depression. The crash came in October 1929 and then kept coming for almost three years. Banks failed by the thousand, a quarter of the workforce lost its job, and the market lost around 85% from top to bottom. Buy and hold was a documented disaster here. It is the window every market timer dreams of.

Inside this window: Black Monday 1929 (−12.8%) and Black Tuesday 1929 (−10.2%).

What the players did

BEAT THE COUCH65.5%

WITH CERTIFIED SKILL27.6%

BY LUCK37.9%

COUCH WINS3.4%

DEAD HEAT6.9%

ENLIGHTENED (TOUCHED NOTHING)24.1%

MEDIAN RESULT vs THE COUCH+15.8%

MEDIAN TRADES2

MEDIAN TIME IN MARKET91%

The read

A falling market, and the humans finally showed up: 66% of players beat the couch. Before anyone frames it, only 27.6% passed the monkey audit. Most of the winners were simply out of the market while it fell, which is not the same as knowing it would.

Player figures count every official and replayed attempt at this exact hand filed on the day it was dealt, from the run export of October 31, 2026. A win counts as SKILL only if it beats 90% of 1,000 monkeys replaying the same window with the same trade count and the same time in the market. Across the whole ledger the couch wins 62% of 120,800 games.

Frequently asked

What was the Beat the Couch daily hand on October 14, 2026?

Day 95 dealt the two years from October 2, 1929 to October 5, 1931, the 1929 Crash and the Great Depression. A couch that bought on day one and never sold turned $10,000 into $3,255 (-67.5%).

How often did players beat the couch on day 95?

65.5% of the players who filed the hand beat the couch. 27.6% passed the 1,000-monkey skill audit; the rest of the winners were stamped LUCKY.

Can I still play the day 95 hand?

Yes. The past hand button deals the exact same window. It is filed as a replay: it does not touch your streak, the daily standings or the public ledger.

Day 95 · The 1929 Crash and the Great Depression