ADX Downtrend Replay (1986-12-02 to 1986-12-30)
Forty daily bars capture a 7.8% ADX correction as the close climbs 12.4% from 2.58 to 2.9 by 1987-01-13. Replay each trading day, face seven decision points including three critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
40 daily bars · 7 decision points · 1986-11 to 1987-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 60 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.8% and a 23.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.8%
- Max run-up
- +23.5%
- Duration
- 60 days
- Largest single-day move
- +8.7%
- Bars
- 40 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 7
Every figure above is computed programmatically from this replay’s own candle series — no editorial input, no LLM. Methodology: Methodology
The market advances day by day. You only see candles up to the current day — as if you were really there.
At key decision points choose Buy / Trim / Exit / Hold. Each decision advances the timeline by one day.
After settlement you get a six-dimension score and an AI coach review. Your result enters the scenario leaderboard.
Event Replay
What happened — and what it teaches
The Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in late 1986 presented a classic correction scenario within a broader uptrend. Over forty trading days spanning November 1986 to January 1987, traders faced a market grinding higher while enduring periodic pullbacks. The period tested the ability to distinguish between noise and meaningful trend changes, with seven formal decision points punctuating the session—three deemed critical junctures where positioning choices carried heightened consequence.
The numbers tell a story of resilience. The market closed the period at 2.9 from an opening of 2.58, delivering a 12.4% net gain. Yet the path was far from smooth: a maximum drawdown of 7.8% tested risk management discipline, while the largest single session saw an 8.7% swing—the kind of volatility that separates calculated traders from reactive ones. Navigating these fluctuations without being shaken out required both patience and conviction.
This replay trains traders to confront the psychological tensions inherent in volatile markets. Holding positions through a 7.8% drawdown demands emotional control; sizing appropriately to survive the 8.7% intraday spikes tests risk calibration. The three critical decision points specifically target the moments where most traders either overstay or abandon positions prematurely. Success here is measured not by predicting the next move but by executing a disciplined process regardless of outcome.