BEL 20 Uptrend Replay (2003-03-31 to 2004-03-08)
Replay a half-year BEL 20 uptrend spanning 150 daily bars from June 2003 to January 2004, with the index climbing 15.6%. Step through each session, face four critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2003-06 to 2004-01 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 212 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 4.8% and a 19.5% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −4.8%
- Max run-up
- +19.5%
- Duration
- 212 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.8%
- 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
The BEL 20, Belgium's premier equity index, entered a sustained uptrend phase during the early 2000s recovery. This replay invites traders to navigate 150 daily bars spanning June 2003 to January 2004, a half-year window where the benchmark attempted to reclaim lost ground. Participants face 11 decision points—4 of them critical inflection moments—where timing and conviction would be tested against the tape. The stakes: preserving capital through volatility while capturing a meaningful portion of the move.
The index advanced from 1964.63 to 2270.71, delivering a 15.6% return over the period. Yet the trajectory was far from smooth. The strategy endured a maximum drawdown of 4.8%, a reminder that even well-directed trends punish impatience. The largest single session swing of 2.8% added intraday turbulence, demanding steady position management rather than reactive exits. Those who held through the intermittent pullbacks were rewarded; those who flinched at the noise missed the broader advance.
This scenario sharpens several decision-making skills. Process discipline matters: following a sound thesis through a 4.8% pullback separates methodical traders from reactive ones. Risk calibration becomes tangible when confronting 2.8% single-bar spikes—position sizing and stop logic must account for such bursts. Psychologically, the replay trains the mind to tolerate short-term adversity within a longer-term context, a faculty essential for anyone navigating trending markets across any decade covered by this exercise.
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