BEL 20 Downtrend Replay (2022-08-15 to 2022-09-01)
Replay the 2022 BEL 20 correction across 30 daily bars showing an 8.6% drawdown. Step through authentic decision points, test your own choices, and receive AI coach feedback in this simulated market-training scenario.
30 daily bars · 7 decision points · 2022-08 to 2022-09 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 41 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.6% and a 5.4% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.6%
- Max run-up
- +5.4%
- Duration
- 41 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.3%
- 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
In August 2022, European equity markets faced mounting pressure as inflation data, central bank tightening expectations, and slowing growth concerns weighed on investor sentiment. The BEL 20, Belgium's flagship index, entered a corrective phase that tested the resolve of participants navigating an increasingly uncertain macro environment. This replay captures the tension between economic headwinds and equity valuations that defined the period.
The 30-day correction unfolded with an 8.6% peak-to-trough drawdown, despite the index ultimately closing the period nearly flat at 3722.45 from an opening of 3721.19. Volatility manifested in individual sessions reaching 2.3%, creating sharp intraday swings that punished emotional decision-making. The market traced a V-shaped path, with losses concentrated in the first half before a tentative recovery took hold through early September.
This scenario offers seven decision points, three of them critical junctures where positioning and risk management determined outcomes. Trainees confront the classic challenge of correction trading: distinguishing between structural breakdowns and temporary dislocations. The episode underscores the importance of defined exit strategies, position sizing against maximum drawdown tolerance, and maintaining psychological flexibility when consensus narrative shifts. Each replay session becomes a laboratory for stress-testing discipline under conditions where fear and greed operate simultaneously.