FTSE 250 Uptrend Replay (1999-10-21 to 2000-01-17)
Replay the FTSE 250's late-1999 surge across 118 daily bars from September 9 to February 25. You'll navigate 11 decision points, with simulated capital only, and receive an AI coach review of every move.
118 daily bars · 11 decision points · 1999-09 to 2000-02 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 169 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 9.8% and a 20.2% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −9.8%
- Max run-up
- +20.2%
- Duration
- 169 days
- Largest single-day move
- −1.7%
- Bars
- 118 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 FTSE 250 entered a decisive phase as the 1990s drew toward their close, with the index navigating a period marked by speculative momentum and shifting sentiment across European equity markets. Between September 1999 and February 2000, traders faced a complex landscape where enthusiasm for technology and growth stocks collided with mounting concerns about valuation extremes. This replay places you within 118 daily bars spanning that critical transition between decades, testing your ability to read evolving market dynamics without the benefit of hindsight.
The index closed the period at 6442.7, up from 6109.3, delivering a net gain of 5.5% across the 118 trading days. However, this headline figure obscures a turbulent journey: the maximum drawdown reached 9.8%, and individual sessions saw moves as large as 1.7%. With 11 decision points embedded throughout—including 4 deemed critical—participants were forced to act decisively at moments when the trend's direction remained genuinely uncertain. The scenario captures the essence of navigating a boom market where rewards were real but hazards abounded.
This replay strips away the clarity of completed history to expose the cognitive and emotional demands of live decision-making. Participants encounter the challenge of maintaining discipline during a 9.8% pullback within what ultimately proved an uptrend, the difficulty of sizing positions when single bars can shift 1.7%, and the pressure of four critical junctures where a single choice could alter outcomes. The value lies not in predicting the future but in refining the process: how you gather information, manage risk, and govern your own psychological responses when certainty is impossible.