BEL 20 Uptrend Replay (2012-11-16 to 2013-05-22)
Replay the BEL 20's 2012–2013 rally across 150 daily bars with a 9.5% close-to-close gain and a 5.5% max drawdown. Walk through each session, tackle 11 decision points, and receive an AI coach review in this simulated training environment.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2012-10 to 2013-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 218 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 5.5% and a 19.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −5.5%
- Max run-up
- +19.4%
- Duration
- 218 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.6%
- 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 Belgian benchmark entered this replay window in late October 2012, as Europe emerged from its sovereign debt crisis with cautious optimism. The BEL 20, tracking Belgium's twenty largest listed companies, faced a market trying to rebuild confidence after months of volatility. Participants in this replay must navigate an environment where economic recovery signals were mixed and investor sentiment remained fragile.
What unfolded across the 150 daily bars was a measured uptrend: the index advanced from 2369.21 to 2594.65, delivering a 9.5% close-to-close return. This was not a straight-line climb—the market experienced a 5.5% maximum drawdown and absorbed individual moves as large as 2.6% in a single session. Throughout the journey, traders encountered 11 decision points, 4 of which were critical junctures demanding careful risk assessment and position management.
This replay is valuable precisely because it refuses to be clean. The modest overall gain and meaningful interim drawdown force participants to confront the psychology of holding through adverse periods. Navigating 11 distinct choice moments—rather than a single directional bet—reinforces that process discipline, not outcome prediction, defines long-term skill development in markets.
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