ADX Downtrend Replay (2001-08-27 to 2001-09-21)
Replay the ADX downtrend from 2001-08-15 to 2001-10-02, when the index plunged 31.8% from 47.12 to 32.14. Make decisions across 7 daily decision points, then receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2001-08 to 2001-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 48 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 40.5% and a 16.0% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −40.5%
- Max run-up
- +16.0%
- Duration
- 48 days
- Largest single-day move
- −10.8%
- Bars
- 30 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
In August 2001, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange faced a sustained downtrend during the uncertain post-boom landscape of the early 2000s. Global tech valuations had collapsed, regional markets were adjusting to new realities, and investor confidence remained fragile. For traders entering this replay, the challenge was to navigate a cascading sell-off while preserving capital and maintaining disciplined decision-making under mounting pressure.
From August 15 to October 2, 2001, the ADX index fell from 47.12 to 32.14—a decline of 31.8%. The maximum drawdown reached 40.5%, with the largest single-bar move hitting 10.8%, creating moments of acute stress. Participants faced 7 decision points, including 3 critical junctures where conviction and position sizing determined outcomes. Each bar represented a fresh test of whether to hold, reduce exposure, or search for a bottom.
This replay sharpens three essential skills: separating noise from signal in a falling market, managing risk when losses compound, and controlling psychology when a portfolio bleeds. The experience reveals how drawdown erodes not just capital but confidence, making pre-defined rules and emotional discipline the true edge. Participants learn that surviving a crash requires process over prediction, and that understanding one's own behavioral triggers is as important as reading price action.