BEL 20 Downtrend Replay (2000-11-06 to 2001-03-22)
Replay a 150-day BEL 20 stretch where the index slid from 3007.82 to 2797.33, a 19.0% drawdown. Make trading decisions at 11 key points, receive AI coach feedback, and learn how corrections unfold in this simulated historical training environment.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2000-09 to 2001-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 218 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 19.0% and a 12.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −19.0%
- Max run-up
- +12.5%
- Duration
- 218 days
- Largest single-day move
- +4.2%
- Bars
- 150 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
In late 2000, the BEL 20 index stood at 3007.82 as European markets confronted the spillover from the dot-com collapse. The replay period from November 2000 through March 2001 captures a 150-trading-day stretch where the benchmark navigated deteriorating sentiment across global equity exchanges. Participants entering this scenario face the challenge of managing positions through an environment where downward momentum had taken hold and uncertainty defined the near-term outlook.
Over the course of this correction, the index retreated to 2797.33, representing a net decline of 7.0% from the opening level. The journey proved more turbulent than the headline figure suggests: peak-to-trough drawdown reached 19.0%, with volatility punctuated by a single session swing of 4.2%. Navigating these 11 decision points—four deemed critical—required traders to assess whether each dip offered a reprieve or merely the next leg lower.
This replay distills lessons in process discipline and risk calibration. Corrections strip away optimism and demand that practitioners separate price noise from genuine signal. The 19.0% drawdown serves as a stark reminder that portfolio construction must account for extended adverse moves, not merely average conditions. Psychologically, holding conviction through a 4.2% single-bar loss tests emotional composure as much as analytical skill. Studying this BEL 20 episode sharpens recognition of how sustained downturns unfold, building the resilience needed when history rhymes again.