FTSE 250 Uptrend Replay (2009-06-22 to 2009-10-19)
Replay the 2009 FTSE 250 surge across 150 daily bars as it climbed 17.0% from 7836.8 to 9169. You navigate 11 decision points, four of them critical, while an AI coach reviews each move in simulated practice.
150 daily bars · 11 decision points · 2009-05 to 2009-12 · Stocks
Key facts
This window spans 211 days with a peak-to-trough drawdown of 8.8% and a 33.1% run-up.
- Max drawdown
- −8.8%
- Max run-up
- +33.1%
- Duration
- 211 days
- Largest single-day move
- −3.3%
- 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
In the summer of 2009, the FTSE 250 found itself in a pivotal recovery phase following the global financial crisis. From June 22 to October 19, traders and investors faced a market transitioning from fear to cautious optimism. The central question was deceptively simple yet critically important: how do you participate in a sustained uptrend without being shaken out by the inevitable pullbacks that characterize any genuine recovery?
Across 150 daily bars spanning May 5 to December 2, 2009, the index climbed steadily from 7836.8 to 9169, delivering a 17.0% gain. The trajectory, however, was far from smooth—an 8.8% maximum drawdown tested conviction on multiple occasions, while the largest single-day move of 3.3% created moments of sharp intraday volatility. Eleven decision points punctuated this ascent, four of which emerged as critical moments requiring deliberate choices about position sizing, risk management, and conviction.
This replay sharpens the decision-maker's toolkit in three dimensions: process discipline, risk calibration, and psychological resilience. The 8.8% drawdown teaches that even clear trends demand robust risk frameworks—comfortable gains can vanish quickly without disciplined position management. The 3.3% single-bar volatility highlights the danger of overreacting to short-term noise. And the four critical decision points reveal how outcomes hinge not on predicting direction, but on executing a consistent methodology when uncertainty peaks. Completing this scenario leaves participants better equipped to navigate recovery-phase markets where the line between sustainable momentum and false starts remains unclear until after the fact.