Rally Archive
Clean trends with pullbacks that feel like the end of the world — training the discipline to stay on board.
33 archive files
2025 · Stocks · US
Q4 2025–Q2 2026: A Global Equity Rally, Its Correction, and the Markets That Diverge
From October 2025, global equity markets entered a synchronized rally before correcting sharply in Q1 2026, with dramatic divergences across Gulf, Asian, and US indices.
Read the file →2024 · Stocks · US
2024 Consumer Disc SPDR: Riding the Sector Rotation Boom
An XLY boom replaying 150 trading days from June 2024 through January 2025, the Consumer Disc SPDR climbed 27.2% with a 12.7% drawdown and 11 decision points.
Read the file →2012 · Stocks · US
2012 Global Equity Correction: From Summer Drawdown to Divergent Recovery
Global equities entered summer 2012 with a broad correction, then bifurcated sharply — US and Nordic markets recovered while emerging Asia and Europe diverged through year-end.
Read the file →2009 · Stocks · US
2009: The Post-Crisis Recovery — Global Equities Rebound Through Hidden Volatility
How global equity markets climbed from the 2008 abyss in 2009 — and what the gap between headline gains and internal drawdowns revealed for traders who lived through each session.
Read the file →2008 · Stocks · US
2008: The Global Equity Correction and Crash — How Subprime Became a Systemic Crisis
During 2008, global equities corrected then crashed as subprime contagion spread from US housing to banks, commodities, and emerging markets worldwide.
Read the file →2005 · Stocks · US
December 8, 2005: ADX Ignition and the New Narrative for Global Equities
On December 8, 2005 the Abu Dhabi Exchange index began a rally that opened a 61-scenario cluster spanning 14 countries and two years of price action.
Read the file →2005 · Stocks · US
Late 2005 Global Stock Rally: Synchronized Bull Markets Across Seven Markets
In late 2005, equity markets across seven countries entered a synchronized uptrend—small-caps led while sectors rotated, testing trend-following discipline.
Read the file →2005 · Stocks · US
2005: Global Uptrend, Regional Divergence — When One Year's Markets Told Three Different Stories
2005 delivered a rare market experiment: global mid-caps climbed while China's indices crashed. Volatility extremes up to 8.4% in a single session tested every assumption about disciplined investing.
Read the file →2005 · Stocks · BE
2005 Summer: Three Equity Markets, One Shared Lesson on Riding Uptrends
Three major equity indices climbed in summer 2005, each testing traders' ability to manage pullbacks within sustained uptrends across Belgium, Israel, and the US.
Read the file →2004 · Stocks · US
2004–2005: Reading the World's Markets in Parallel
A year-end 2004 pivot sent markets on sharply divergent paths—China's reform shock, Indonesia's commodity surge, and a mixed global picture that tested every trading style.
Read the file →2002 · Stocks · US
Late 2002 – Early 2003: Defensive Rotation and the Healthcare ETF Test
Healthcare stocks faced a critical test as markets digested the dot-com wreckage. How did XLV perform as a defensive play during post-crisis recovery?
Read the file →2000 · Stocks · US
2000–2001: BEL 20 and the Post-Dot-Com Correction — When Europe's Blue Chips Met the Tech Wreck
How Belgium's BEL 20 index — starting at 3007.82 on September 27, 2000 — absorbed the dot-com collapse's shockwave across 150 trading days, shedding 7.0% with a 19.0% maximum drawdown.
Read the file →1998 · Stocks · US
1998: When Global Markets Caught Russia's Contagion
In the summer of 1998, Russia's sovereign default cascaded into a global liquidity crisis, hammering equity markets from Jakarta to Toronto and nearly toppling Long-Term Capital Management.
Read the file →1996 · Stocks · AE
1996: Frontier Booms, Developed-Market Corrections, and the Psychology of Drawdowns
A divided 1996: UAE and Thai markets surged 39% and 78% while US small-caps corrected 2.1% with 15.6% drawdowns. What this divergence means for decision training.
Read the file →1996 · Stocks · AE
1996: How a Quiet Year in Global Equities Planted Seeds for 1997's Divergence
A year of mixed signals across ten markets—from Mexico's sideways IPC to Korea's Hanbo stress—shows how texture within trends matters more than headlines.
Read the file →1996 · Stocks · AE
1996 Summer: Abu Dhabi's ADX Crash and the Anatomy of a Gulf Market Correction
A 33% drawdown in 30 trading days—how the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange collapsed in summer 1996 and what its recovery revealed about emerging market structure.
Read the file →1995 · Stocks · US
1995 Global Stock Markets: Corrections, Rallies, and the Discipline Divide
A cluster of corrections across eight markets in late 1995 gave way to sustained rallies, testing investors' resolve and separating disciplined traders from reactive ones.
Read the file →1993 · Stocks · US
August 1993: The Synchronous European Equity Rally That Never Traveled Alone
On August 9, 1993, the AEX closed at 155.35—European equity uptrends were converging across nine markets and five market regimes, setting the structural template for the decade ahead.
Read the file →1993 · Stocks · AE
1993 Global Equities: Corrections, Rallies, and the Volatility Spectrum
1993 saw diverging equity markets: US small-caps fell 0.6% net with 6.4% max drawdown, while Abu Dhabi surged 29.6% and Austria gained 28.6%.
Read the file →1992 · Stocks · AE
1992: Global Stock Markets in Correction — Five Markets, Five Drawdown Lessons
In 1992, stock markets from Abu Dhabi to London to Mexico City entered simultaneous correction phases, testing position discipline across very different risk environments.
Read the file →1992 · Stocks · AE
1992: How Global Stock Markets Taught Traders to Weather the Storm
1992 stock markets across eight countries revealed a universal truth—trends and drawdowns travel together. From Abu Dhabi to Amsterdam, corrections tested every trader's discipline.
Read the file →1990 · Stocks · US
1990 Summer: The Gulf Shock and Small-Cap Correction
August 1990's Iraqi invasion of Kuwait triggered a global market correction; small-caps bore the brunt before recovering in 1991.
Read the file →1988 · Stocks · AE
1988: Three Markets, One Lesson — The Volatility Hidden Inside Modest Returns
How 1988 mid-cap markets across the US, Gulf, and UK concealed severe turbulence inside modest end-results — eight replay scenarios from Apr 1988 to Apr 1989.
Read the file →1987 · Stocks · AE
1987-12 to 1988-09: After Black Monday — Three Markets, Three Recovery Paths
Markets found their footing after Black Monday in late 1987. Three indices, three recovery paths: US small-caps, Abu Dhabi volatility, and a cautious UK climb.
Read the file →1987 · Stocks · AE
1987: Three Markets, One Window — How Mid-Caps Divided While the World Looked Elsewhere
Spring and summer 1987: the FTSE 250 climbed 21.9% while the S&P 400 MidCap corrected and ADX roiled — three markets, one data window, different lessons.
Read the file →1986 · Stocks · AE
1986 Mid-Cap Divergences: When Three Markets Stopped Speaking the Same Language
Three mid-cap indices fractured in 1986. Abu Dhabi shed nearly a quarter; UK and US mid-caps held—why that contrast still instructs.
Read the file →1985 · Stocks · AE
1985 Global Stock Correction: ADX, Nikkei, and the Mechanics of Cross-Market Drawdowns
In spring-summer 1985, three markets—UAE, Japan, and the US—experienced corrections within the same window, testing emerging market volatility and mid-cap resilience.
Read the file →1984 · Stocks · AE
Abu Dhabi 1984: When the Uptrend Hid a 20.9% Drawdown
A frontier market in early 1984 went from a February rally to an April correction—hiding its worst drawdown inside what looked like a sideways month.
Read the file →1984 · Stocks · AE
1984: Two Markets, Two Volatility Schools — ADX and S&P 400 MidCap
In late 1984, Abu Dhabi's frontier exchange and America's S&P 400 MidCap offered contrasting classrooms in volatility, drawdown tolerance, and disciplined execution.
Read the file →1984 · Stocks · AE
Summer 1984: Three Markets, Three Corrections — A 1980s Market Puzzle
Three equity markets moved in opposite directions simultaneously in summer 1984, testing whether the same analytical approach could survive Japan correction, US rally, and UAE boom alike.
Read the file →1982 · Stocks · AE
Abu Dhabi Exchange, November–December 1982: A Correction That Tested Every Trader's Discipline
A 30-trading-day correction on the nascent Abu Dhabi Exchange that forced 7 decision points and 3 critical choices, ending with a 14.2% gain—but a 14.8% drawdown in between.
Read the file →1982 · Stocks · AE
Spring–Summer 1982: Midcap Correction Meets Gulf Frontier — Two Markets, Two Volatility Regimes
Two 1982 episodes laid bare different volatility regimes: the S&P 400 MidCap navigating a 14.5% drawdown across 130 daily bars, and the Abu Dhabi Exchange absorbing oil-era shocks in 38 bars. US/AE.
Read the file →1980 · Stocks · AE
1980–1981: Two Markets, One Lesson — Fragility Beneath Apparent Stability
A correction in Abu Dhabi and a fragile rally in the U.S. mid-cap space reveal how max drawdown eclipses headline losses, challenging every position-sizing assumption.
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