FTSE 250 Uptrend Replay (2005-04-29 to 2005-10-04)
Replay the 2005 FTSE 250 rally as daily bars advance from 7130.5 to 7711.1, an 8.1% climb with a 7.4% drawdown. Step through 11 decision points, four of them critical, and receive an AI coach review after each simulated trading day.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2005-03 to 2005-10 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 214 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 7.4% and a 18.6% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −7.4%
- Max run-up
- +18.6%
- Duration
- 214 days
- Largest single-day move
- +2.8%
- Bars
- 150 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, London's benchmark for mid-cap stocks, entered spring 2005 at 7130.5. The index tracked Britain's smaller, more domestically focused companies through a period of economic uncertainty in the post-dotcom era. Participants in this replay step into the role of an investor navigating 150 daily bars across six months, facing the question every portfolio manager confronts: when to hold, when to add, and when to protect gains during an uptrend.
From March 31 to October 31, 2005, the index climbed to 7711.1, delivering an 8.1% return. This gain unfolded not as a steady climb but as a series of advances and pullbacks, with the largest single daily move reaching 2.8% and a maximum drawdown of 7.4% testing conviction. The eleven decision points, particularly the four critical ones, demanded that participants distinguish between prudent risk management and premature capitulation.
This replay teaches that modest returns often demand extraordinary discipline. The 7.4% drawdown reminds traders that uptrends are never linear, and the 2.8% single-bar moves reveal how quickly sentiment can shift. Facing eleven decision points in a realistic historical context, participants practice maintaining process when outcome is uncertain, a skill that transfers far beyond this specific rally. The psychological dimension of holding through drawdowns while protecting hard-won gains is what makes this scenario a rigorous test of trading maturity.