ADX Uptrend Replay (2013-06-24 to 2013-08-01)
Step into a 56-day ADX replay where the index climbed 4.4% from 45.82 to 47.85, navigating a 5.6% drawdown along the way. Decide day-by-day across 10 decision points, with critical pivots flagged, then receive an AI coach review of each choice. Simulated capital, educational use only.
56 daily bars · 10 decision points · 2013-06 to 2013-08 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 78 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 5.6% and a 13.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −5.6%
- Max run-up
- +13.4%
- Duration
- 78 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.0%
- Bars
- 56 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 10
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 the summer of 2013, the Abu Dhabi Exchange (ADX) entered a sustained uptrend against a backdrop of regional economic optimism and improving investor sentiment across Gulf markets. Over 56 trading days spanning June through late August, the index moved from 45.82 to 47.85 — a modest but meaningful 4.4% gain. The scenario captures a period where macro tailwinds gradually outweighed near-term uncertainty, setting the stage for disciplined decision-making under incomplete information.
The journey was not a straight line. A maximum drawdown of 5.6% tested conviction, while the largest single-day swing of 3.0% demanded real-time calibration of position sizing and risk tolerance. Participants navigated 10 decision points, with 4 flagged as critical pivots where directional conviction or defensive repositioning would meaningfully alter cumulative outcomes. The spread between peak gain and trough loss created the essential tension of trend-following in a low-liquidity regional market.
This replay trains the core disciplines of process over prediction. Investors must confront the psychological pull of early exits during the 5.6% pullback and the temptation to over-leverage ahead of the 3.0% single-bar moves. Success hinges not on forecasting the 47.85 endpoint, but on maintaining a repeatable framework across uncertain terrain — respecting drawdown limits, sizing positions for volatility, and treating each of the 10 decision points as an independent test of discipline rather than a verdict on directional conviction.
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