FTSE 250 Downtrend Replay (2005-02-14 to 2005-04-29)
Replay the 2005 FTSE 250 correction across 106 daily bars, where an 8.7% drawdown tested even seasoned instincts. Step through 11 decision points — including 4 critical ones — with an AI coach reviewing your simulated trades.
106 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2005-01 to 2005-06 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 153 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.7% and a 7.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.7%
- Max run-up
- +7.6%
- Duration
- 153 days
- Largest single-day move
- −2.0%
- Bars
- 106 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 replay transports participants to early 2005, when Britain's mid-cap index was navigating a treacherous correction after a period of sustained gains. As an index representing the next tier of publicly traded companies, the FTSE 250 often moves with greater sensitivity to changing market conditions than its blue-chip counterpart. The replay covers 106 daily bars from January through June, placing traders inside the authentic pressure of a declining market without hindsight bias. What was at stake was not merely capital preservation but the discipline to execute a coherent strategy when every instinct screams for action.
The index ultimately closed the period at 7227.3, representing a 4.4% advance from its opening level of 6920.9. Yet this aggregate gain conceals the turbulence beneath the surface. An 8.7% maximum drawdown tested the conviction of anyone holding positions, while the largest single-day move of 2.0% demonstrated how quickly sentiment can shift in mid-cap equities. For participants making decisions across these 106 bars, the journey proved far more instructive than the destination.
Eleven decision points punctuate this replay, four of which are flagged as critical moments requiring deliberate judgment. The scenario forces participants to confront the psychological toll of adverse market conditions—the temptation to abandon positions prematurely, the difficulty of maintaining risk discipline when drawdowns mount, and the challenge of recognizing when volatility signals opportunity rather than danger. This is not about predicting the future but about understanding how process, position sizing, and emotional equilibrium determine survival in volatile markets.
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