BEL 20 Downtrend Replay (2018-07-27 to 2018-10-26)
Belgium's BEL 20 slid 12.6% from 3814.28 to 3334.79 across 132 daily bars in late 2018, peaking with a 16.3% drawdown. Replay each session, navigate 11 decision points, and review your calls with the AI coach in this simulated educational training.
132 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2018-06 to 2018-12 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 183 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 16.3% and a 6.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −16.3%
- Max run-up
- +6.2%
- Duration
- 183 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.4%
- Bars
- 132 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
Belgium's BEL 20, the flagship index of Euronext Brussels, faced a punishing test in the second half of 2018. As global trade tensions mounted and European growth optimism faded, the index entered a sustained downtrend from late July through October. For traders and investors, this period demanded hard decisions about position sizing, stop-loss discipline, and whether to hold, reduce, or rotate exposure. The stakes were clear: capital preservation against a market that offered no safe harbor.
The numbers tell a stark story. Across 132 daily bars spanning the summer and autumn months, the BEL 20 shed 12.6%, falling from 3814.28 to 3334.79. The peak-to-trough drawdown reached 16.3%, with volatility punctuated by single-day moves of up to 3.4%. Navigating this landscape required passing through 11 distinct decision points, of which 4 were deemed critical moments where positioning choices carried heightened consequence. Every session offered a chance to test instincts against unfolding price action.
This replay sharpens three essential skills. First, process: adhering to a checklist when headlines grow alarming, rather than improvising under pressure. Second, risk: sizing positions so that a 16.3% drawdown remains survivable and does not force liquidation at the worst moment. Third, psychology: recognizing the pull of loss aversion and recency bias that make falling markets feel like they will fall forever. By walking through each of the 11 decision points in a simulated environment, learners build the emotional resilience and procedural discipline that separate calculated responses from reactive ones.