ADX Downtrend Replay (2010-04-14 to 2010-05-07)
Walk through a 12.0% maximum drawdown across 36 daily bars from an ADX correction in 2010, then replay the downtrend day by day. You will face 7 decision points, get instant AI coach feedback, and learn how historical volatility really felt, using simulated capital only for education.
36 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2010-03 to 2010-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 50 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 12.0% and a 8.8% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −12.0%
- Max run-up
- +8.8%
- Duration
- 50 days
- Largest single-day move
- +5.3%
- Bars
- 36 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 early 2010, the Abu Dhabi Exchange entered a correction phase that tested the resolve of every participant. The market had been navigating post-financial crisis conditions, and by late March, uncertainty was mounting. This replay spans from 2010-03-30 to 2010-05-19, placing you in the midst of 36 daily bars where the stakes were real but the capital was only simulated for educational purposes.
The close moved from 29.01 to 28.77, a modest -0.8% net decline over the period. Yet this headline number conceals the true turbulence beneath: the market experienced a maximum drawdown of 12.0% and faced its largest single-bar move of 5.3%. Across the 36 trading days, you would have encountered 7 decision points, with 3 deemed critical to the replay's outcome.
This replay teaches that surviving a correction requires more than reading headlines. You must learn to separate net drift from intraperiod volatility, manage position sizing against a 12.0% drawdown scenario, and control the psychological urge to act on the largest single-bar moves. The educational value lies not in predicting the bottom but in building the decision process that keeps you rational when the market tests your convictions.
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