ATX Downtrend Replay (2020-02-14 to 2020-03-18)
Replay the ATX’s brutal 2020 plunge as it fell 36.5% from 3,119.57 to 1,981.68 across 48 daily bars. Step through each session, navigate 9 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated educational drill.
48 daily bars · 9 decision points · 2020-01 to 2020-04 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 65 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 49.2% and a 26.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −49.2%
- Max run-up
- +26.1%
- Duration
- 65 days
- Largest single-day move
- −13.6%
- Bars
- 48 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 9
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 Austrian ATX equity index entered early 2020 as a window into how rapidly sentiment can shift across global markets. The period from late January through early April placed investors inside one of the decade's most concentrated volatility events, with a global health crisis colliding with financial markets in ways few had rehearsed. Nine decision points were embedded across 48 daily bars, three of them marked as critical moments where directional conviction faced its sharpest tests.
The numbers tell a brutal story. From a close of 3119.57, the ATX collapsed to 1981.68, a drawdown of 36.5% across those 48 trading sessions. The maximum intraday trough reached 49.2%, meaning any position entered before the decline faced the prospect of losing nearly half its value before recovering. A single session delivered a 13.6% move, illustrating how panic can compress months of gradual selling into hours of cascading price action.
For decision training, this replay emphasizes process over prediction. No one could have known the precise timing or magnitude of a pandemic-driven crash, but the scenario teaches disciplined sizing, predefined exit levels, and emotional neutrality when volatility spikes beyond historical norms. Navigating nine decision points—three at critical junctures—builds the habit of acting from a plan rather than reacting to price. The ATX's 2020 plunge remains a textbook case of risk management under extreme stress.