Collapse · Bovespa Index (2016)
Brazil's Bovespa endured a 24.0% drawdown across 144 trading days from October 2015 to May 2016. Replay the collapse day by day, navigate 9 critical decision points, and receive an AI coach review of your simulated choices.
144 daily bars · 25 decision points · 2015-10 to 2016-05 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 217 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 24.0% and a 45.3% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −24.0%
- Max run-up
- +45.3%
- Duration
- 217 days
- Largest single-day move
- +6.6%
- Bars
- 144 Daily bars
- Decision points
- 25
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
Brazil's Bovespa index faced a turbulent six months from October 2015 to May 2016. As one of Latin America's largest equity exchanges, the market was navigating a severe domestic recession, political uncertainty, and a commodities slump that battered the Brazilian economy. For anyone holding Brazilian equities, this was a test of nerve and process—a period where the difference between disciplined navigation and panicked capitulation would define outcomes.
Over 144 trading days, the index ultimately climbed from 45,313 to 51,671, delivering a net gain of 14.0%. Yet that flattering headline obscured a brutal internal journey. A maximum drawdown of 24.0% carved through portfolios at its worst, while the largest single-bar move reached 6.6%—enough to unsettle even experienced traders. Navigating this volatility meant confronting 9 critical decision points where composure and process mattered far more than prediction.
This replay session strips away hindsight and forces genuine decision-making under uncertainty. Participants learn that surviving a collapsing market demands disciplined position sizing, emotional detachment from intraday swings, and a clear framework for evaluating when to hold versus reduce exposure. The 24.0% drawdown is not merely a statistic—it is a stress test for any investor's psychological resilience. By replaying these 144 days without knowing what comes next, traders sharpen the habits that separate long-term survivors from those who fold at the worst moment.