AEX Uptrend Replay (1998-10-08 to 1998-11-27)
Step into a 1998 Dutch AEX rally that climbed 16.2% from 458.51 to 532.8 over 74 trading days. You replay each session, make choices at 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your reasoning—simulated capital, purely educational.
74 daily bars · 11 decision points · 1998-09 to 1998-12 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 103 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.9% and a 41.9% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.9%
- Max run-up
- +41.9%
- Duration
- 103 days
- Largest single-day move
- −5.9%
- Bars
- 74 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 11
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 Dutch AEX index in the autumn of 1998 presented traders with a classic strong uptrend scenario. Over 74 trading days spanning September to December, the Dutch market offered a 16.2% rally that tested both conviction and risk management. With 11 decision points including 4 critical junctures, participants faced repeated choices about position sizing, timing, and how to navigate the inherent volatility of an accelerating market.
The numbers reveal the challenge: the index climbed from 458.51 to 532.8 while experiencing a maximum drawdown of 19.9%. Even during a winning trend, a single-session move of 5.9% could wipe out confidence or force difficult re-entry decisions. The gap between the overall 16.2% gain and that substantial pullback underscores why trend-following demands more than simply identifying direction.
This replay trains participants to separate outcome from process. A 19.9% drawdown feels catastrophic in real time yet represents a normal feature of sustained moves. The critical skill is maintaining disciplined decision-making when the chart shakes your conviction. Practice here builds the psychological resilience needed to hold positions through noise and capture the actual trend.
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