BEL 20 Downtrend Replay (2014-09-04 to 2014-10-16)
Replay a six-week Belgian BEL 20 correction carving a 10.4% drawdown across 62 daily bars. Step through each session, confront 11 decision points including 4 critical ones, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
62 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2014-08 to 2014-11 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 85 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 10.4% and a 9.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −10.4%
- Max run-up
- +9.6%
- Duration
- 85 days
- Largest single-day move
- +3.5%
- Bars
- 62 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
This scenario replays the Belgian BEL 20 index during a six-week correction spanning from early September to mid-October 2014. The BEL 20, a benchmark representing Belgian equities within the broader European market, navigated a period marked by shifting risk sentiment and macroeconomic uncertainty. Participants engaging with this replay confront the challenge of managing positions through a sustained downtrend without clear visibility of when stability might return. The stakes center on preserving capital while maintaining the discipline to act purposefully at inflection points.
Between 2014-08-13 and 2014-11-06, the index carved out a 10.4% drawdown across 62 daily bars. The period closed at 3163.89, representing a modest 2.0% net gain from an opening level of 3102.96, yet this tranquil headline number concealed substantial intraperiod turbulence. The largest single-bar move reached 3.5%, illustrating how swiftly sentiment could shift within a relatively short timeframe. Participants confronted 11 decision points throughout this stretch, with 4 emerging as critical junctures where strategic choices could materially alter outcomes.
This replay underscores that navigating corrections demands equal parts patience and process discipline. Managing through a 10.4% drawdown tests whether one can maintain analytical objectivity when positions are under pressure. The scenario rewards those who separate noise from signal, adhere to pre-defined risk parameters, and recognize that survival during drawdowns creates the foundation for participating in eventual recoveries. For decision trainees, the correction environment strips away the comfort of trending markets and forces confrontation with the less glamorous but essential skill of capital preservation.