BEL 20 Downtrend Replay (2006-05-09 to 2006-05-22)
Step into a 10.5% drawdown stretch on the BEL 20 and decide when to act. Replay each of the 30 daily bars, navigate seven decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2006-04 to 2006-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 42 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.5% and a 5.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.5%
- Max run-up
- +5.3%
- Duration
- 42 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.6%
- Bars
- 30 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 7
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 benchmark equity index, entered a challenging phase in mid-May 2006. Over the 30 trading days from April 21 to June 2, 2006, investors and traders faced a sustained downtrend that would test their conviction and discipline. The scenario presents seven decision points, three of which are marked as critical, demanding participants navigate the pressure of declining prices while managing risk in real time.
The index closed the period at 3678.83, down from 3901.69 at the outset, representing a -5.7% decline. However, the journey proved far more volatile than the headline number suggests. The maximum drawdown reached 10.5%, meaning participants who entered the period faced paper losses exceeding one-tenth of their simulated capital at the trough. The largest single-bar move of 3.6% underscores the sharp intraday swings that characterize correction phases, where panic selling and short-covering can create abrupt reversals within days.
This replay trains participants to confront the psychological paradox of corrections: the market provides obvious downside, yet timing entries remains treacherous. The three critical decision points serve as checkpoints for evaluating whether one's process accounts for drawdown tolerance, position sizing, and the tendency to second-guess after the fact. By reliving a historical -5.7% correction in the 2000s without the benefit of hindsight, traders can stress-test their emotional responses and refine risk frameworks for similar environments in any decade.
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